LIVING THE DREAM Duck calls—though the source of his livelihood—are not what makes Phil Robertson the man he is today. When asked what matters in his life, he’s quick to say, “Faith, family, ducks—in that order.”
An Idiot's List of 15 and A Half Reasons to Learn EnglishJulia at vocBlocks
Why do people learn English? Does it sound like a stupid question? Some stupid answers in our slides for you to have fun.
Need to learn new words easier and faster? Check out our spaced repetition tool for busy adults studying foreign languages: https://vocblocks.com
Read online in your target language, look up and learn the words you choose with our free dictionary plugin vocBlocks LookUp: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vocblocks-lookup/ehnoadhemhhkcggnacpabgdpnoacadao
Read our blog for tips, inspiration and language fun: http://blog.vocblocks.com/
Five Top Tips: For a happy and productive workforceThomas Warner
In our industry, it's never been more important to value diversity and inclusion among your workforce. A broader range of people mean a richer, deeper pool of talent at your disposal.
However, making sure your rich talent-pool keeps fresh, creative and happy is an on-going challenge.
Here, we offer our top five tips to making sure you run a happy ship where every employee is determined to sail towards success.
An Idiot's List of 15 and A Half Reasons to Learn EnglishJulia at vocBlocks
Why do people learn English? Does it sound like a stupid question? Some stupid answers in our slides for you to have fun.
Need to learn new words easier and faster? Check out our spaced repetition tool for busy adults studying foreign languages: https://vocblocks.com
Read online in your target language, look up and learn the words you choose with our free dictionary plugin vocBlocks LookUp: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vocblocks-lookup/ehnoadhemhhkcggnacpabgdpnoacadao
Read our blog for tips, inspiration and language fun: http://blog.vocblocks.com/
Five Top Tips: For a happy and productive workforceThomas Warner
In our industry, it's never been more important to value diversity and inclusion among your workforce. A broader range of people mean a richer, deeper pool of talent at your disposal.
However, making sure your rich talent-pool keeps fresh, creative and happy is an on-going challenge.
Here, we offer our top five tips to making sure you run a happy ship where every employee is determined to sail towards success.
Work Hard versus Work Smart (Drama 4) - The 5 Dramas that Founders FaceZigmars Rozentals
This is the fourth episode of The 5 Dramas that Founders Face. These are five contradictions and challenges that are common for startup founders, leaders, and high-level executives in the business and enterprise world.
Here are 9 out of 24 tips on how to overcome fear of failure. For 13 more tips of this type, click the link: http://vkool.com/how-to-overcome-fear-of-failure/.
1. Identify Causes
Identifying where the fear of failure starts is the first step to get over it. You should sit down, breathe deeply, and try to figure out why the fear of failure appeared. The reasons may be negative thoughts, pessimism, or wrong predictions.
2. Research Alternatives
You should think of as many potential consequences as possible. Doing it this way helps you aware of all difficulties you may have, and be able to determine what should be done for success.
You should prepare at least one alternative solution to use when the initial plan does not work.
3. Treat Failure As A Lesson
One of the most efficient tips on how to overcome fear of failure is to consider it a good lesson or experience. If you fail this time, you will still get something called experience. With this experience, you will get success easier next time.
4. Make A Concrete Plan
Making a concrete plan is another tip on how to overcome fear of failure. What you need to do is to prepare carefully for every single step in the plan. The more detailed your plan is, the easier the success comes.
5. Take Action
The best way to eliminate fear of failure is to take action. Practice makes perfect. Taking action is a chance to experience the facts and gain knowledge. If you dare not do anything, you will never know how to do them right. Everything is difficult when you do it the first time. After that, it will be easier.
6. Balance Your Life
No matter how important the success is, you should still balance your life with other activities rather than focusing on the success only. You should spend time doing your hobbies to refresh your body and mind so as to come closer to success.
7. Believe In Yourself
You should believe that if you try, you will be able to overcome difficulties. Do not give up easily. If you try hard, you will have chances to succeed no matter how hard the case is. If you give up, you will no longer have any chance to be successful.
8. Learn From Others
Learning from others’ stories or successes is also a tip on how to overcome fear of failure. Successful stories will encourage you to move forward. You can also learn from those people the way to carry out their plans for success.
9. Free Your Mind
This is the most important technique on how to overcome fear of failure at work and in life. The fear is from your mind. If your mind is full of negative or pessimistic thoughts, it will create fears. Therefore, you should learn to clean, and refresh your mind by doing yoga or meditation every day. The quieter the mind is, the better it can hear and see, and the easier you can get success.
Life is a wonderful gift from God. It is given freely and it needs to be lived freely. But today when we look around the world we come across situations that make people unhappy and we see people looking for happiness elsewhere.
A collaboration between Srini Rao and David Crandall - Every year on his birthday Srini shares one lesson for each year he's been alive. This year he asked if I'd like to design and illustrate his 35 lessons. Being his business partner (and friend!), I said "HECK YA!!!" This is what we came up with. Hope you enjoy it!!
5 Myths on How to be More Eloquent during Presentation24Slides
Delivery will need just as much attention as your PowerPoint and content. Here are some of the common myths on how to be more eloquent when presenting and how to correct these.
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We published this infographic originally as a Gifographic, go take a look at it https://24slides.com/blog/gifographic-5-myths-to-be-more-eloquent/
Hard work & Low cost do not help by themselves any more. Intellectual arbitrage is here to stay. Innovation is the way to stay ahead of the pack. Be the game changer. Let our C3 methodology (part of triniti Innovation Framework) help you break out of idea scarcity and convert your ideas into profitable, implementable solutions.
Many believe Big Data is a brand new phenomenon. It isn't, it is part of an evolution that reaches far back history. Here are some of the key milestones in this development.
I have a friend, really I do, that has one of the most uninspiring, soul drain, passion killing habits that I have ever seen. This friend packs his lunch everyday. No, that’s not the U.S.D.P.K part of it all. He packs his lunch on a Sunday night for the week, and every sandwich is the same. He has Devon (yuck) with tomato sauce. Every. Single. Day.
A colorful life means you have lived life to the fullest, which is what we all aspire to achieve. I love sharing words of encouragement, positivity, and kindness in the world! I hope you enjoy the words that I share with you and I also hope you have an amazing day!
Work Hard versus Work Smart (Drama 4) - The 5 Dramas that Founders FaceZigmars Rozentals
This is the fourth episode of The 5 Dramas that Founders Face. These are five contradictions and challenges that are common for startup founders, leaders, and high-level executives in the business and enterprise world.
Here are 9 out of 24 tips on how to overcome fear of failure. For 13 more tips of this type, click the link: http://vkool.com/how-to-overcome-fear-of-failure/.
1. Identify Causes
Identifying where the fear of failure starts is the first step to get over it. You should sit down, breathe deeply, and try to figure out why the fear of failure appeared. The reasons may be negative thoughts, pessimism, or wrong predictions.
2. Research Alternatives
You should think of as many potential consequences as possible. Doing it this way helps you aware of all difficulties you may have, and be able to determine what should be done for success.
You should prepare at least one alternative solution to use when the initial plan does not work.
3. Treat Failure As A Lesson
One of the most efficient tips on how to overcome fear of failure is to consider it a good lesson or experience. If you fail this time, you will still get something called experience. With this experience, you will get success easier next time.
4. Make A Concrete Plan
Making a concrete plan is another tip on how to overcome fear of failure. What you need to do is to prepare carefully for every single step in the plan. The more detailed your plan is, the easier the success comes.
5. Take Action
The best way to eliminate fear of failure is to take action. Practice makes perfect. Taking action is a chance to experience the facts and gain knowledge. If you dare not do anything, you will never know how to do them right. Everything is difficult when you do it the first time. After that, it will be easier.
6. Balance Your Life
No matter how important the success is, you should still balance your life with other activities rather than focusing on the success only. You should spend time doing your hobbies to refresh your body and mind so as to come closer to success.
7. Believe In Yourself
You should believe that if you try, you will be able to overcome difficulties. Do not give up easily. If you try hard, you will have chances to succeed no matter how hard the case is. If you give up, you will no longer have any chance to be successful.
8. Learn From Others
Learning from others’ stories or successes is also a tip on how to overcome fear of failure. Successful stories will encourage you to move forward. You can also learn from those people the way to carry out their plans for success.
9. Free Your Mind
This is the most important technique on how to overcome fear of failure at work and in life. The fear is from your mind. If your mind is full of negative or pessimistic thoughts, it will create fears. Therefore, you should learn to clean, and refresh your mind by doing yoga or meditation every day. The quieter the mind is, the better it can hear and see, and the easier you can get success.
Life is a wonderful gift from God. It is given freely and it needs to be lived freely. But today when we look around the world we come across situations that make people unhappy and we see people looking for happiness elsewhere.
A collaboration between Srini Rao and David Crandall - Every year on his birthday Srini shares one lesson for each year he's been alive. This year he asked if I'd like to design and illustrate his 35 lessons. Being his business partner (and friend!), I said "HECK YA!!!" This is what we came up with. Hope you enjoy it!!
5 Myths on How to be More Eloquent during Presentation24Slides
Delivery will need just as much attention as your PowerPoint and content. Here are some of the common myths on how to be more eloquent when presenting and how to correct these.
-
We published this infographic originally as a Gifographic, go take a look at it https://24slides.com/blog/gifographic-5-myths-to-be-more-eloquent/
Hard work & Low cost do not help by themselves any more. Intellectual arbitrage is here to stay. Innovation is the way to stay ahead of the pack. Be the game changer. Let our C3 methodology (part of triniti Innovation Framework) help you break out of idea scarcity and convert your ideas into profitable, implementable solutions.
Many believe Big Data is a brand new phenomenon. It isn't, it is part of an evolution that reaches far back history. Here are some of the key milestones in this development.
I have a friend, really I do, that has one of the most uninspiring, soul drain, passion killing habits that I have ever seen. This friend packs his lunch everyday. No, that’s not the U.S.D.P.K part of it all. He packs his lunch on a Sunday night for the week, and every sandwich is the same. He has Devon (yuck) with tomato sauce. Every. Single. Day.
A colorful life means you have lived life to the fullest, which is what we all aspire to achieve. I love sharing words of encouragement, positivity, and kindness in the world! I hope you enjoy the words that I share with you and I also hope you have an amazing day!
There is one axiom that if your parents don’t pass away young in life, you are going to watch them age. Now for the most part, this is a natural and nice part of life because mom and dad can slowly become grandma and grandpa which are nice roles for them after working so hard to raise you.
But a corollary to that axiom is that if mom and dad are going to age, at some point you are going to begin helping them with the daily affairs of life. And that occasional helping will escalate as their needs grow strong until you will become a full-fledged caregiver for an elderly person.
For many, the time when you suddenly become a caregiver is just that – sudden. It happens often after the death of a parent and the widowed parent suddenly becomes needy because of the loss they are experiencing. For married couples who have been together for decades, that loss is equivalent to the loss of a limb and far more devastating so that may be the time when you suddenly go from having few concerns for your aging parent to having many.
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When possible, I tried to make the tip "actionable", which I define as something that's able to be done;
or an action having practical value.
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Thirstier - Time is short. We are running out. #drought #California #SaoPaulo...Empowered Presentations
Groundwater is rapidly disappearing and in less than 12 months California will run out of water. What you can do to save yourself from getting thirsty.
Hit Comedy-Drama series, Orange is The New Black, follows the lives and stories of women inmates at Litchfield Federal Penitentiary. We've unlocked 10 Business Lessons from Orange is the New Black.
HEY Olive Garden! We are sorry... #PowerPoint #OliveGarden #Darden #Starboard...Empowered Presentations
We sure hope Olive Garden survived the presentation yesterday with that 294 slidedeck that was presented by Starboard Value in hopes to restructure their business. In light of that #Deathbypowerpoint example we decided to send design them a personal message of hope and inspiration!
Are you looking for investors to help get your business off the ground? Finding investors can be daunting! But have no fear! Investors are looking to fund your business or product. It's not only about the money. Investors become part of your team...
Recently in the U.S. there's been a push to legalize marijuana. The pot smoking weed toking stereotype is changing. Business moguls enjoy it, celebrities are doing it, even the president has tried it.
Soccer (Football) is arguably considered the world's most popular sport. Over 250 million soccer players world wide. This June, brazil will host the 2014 world cup...
Welcome to the Program Your Destiny course. In this course, we will be learning the technology of personal transformation, neuroassociative conditioning (NAC) as pioneered by Tony Robbins. NAC is used to deprogram negative neuroassociations that are causing approach avoidance and instead reprogram yourself with positive neuroassociations that lead to being approach automatic. In doing so, you change your destiny, moving towards unlocking the hypersocial self within, the true self free from fear and operating from a place of personal power and love.