Zen Habits did an excellent post on how to boost your self-confidence. Their list ends up with the following 25 ways:
1) Groom yourself; 2) Dress nicely; 3) Photoshop your self-image; 4) Think positive; 5) Kill negative thoughts; 6) Get to know yourself; 7) Act positive; Be kind and generous; 9) Know your principles and live them; 10) Get prepared; 11) Speak slowly; 12) Stand tall; 13) Increase competence; 14) Set a small goal and achieve it; 15) Change a small habit; 16) Focus on solutions; 17) SMILE; 18) Volunteer; 19) Be grateful; 20) Exercise; 21) Empower yourself with knowledge; 22) Do difficult things first; 23) Get active; 24) Work on small things; 25) Clear your desk.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have one central place where you can put down your ideas, organize them according to topic and share them with people? WriIdea.com makes it possible. We are definitely going to give this service a try & report back with our findings >:)
We came across an interesting post on litemind.com which gave a great lifehack on how to tackle any issue. Simply force yourself to figure out (and write down) 100 ways to solve the problem you’re facing. Apparently the first 30 entries are easiest to come up with as these are coming directly from your conscious mind. The next 40 entries are the most difficult: it’s hard to get past your initial ideas and truly figure out new ones. it’s important to go ahead though as the final phase (the last 30 entries) are where the real “gems” are as by then you will have exhausted your conscious mind. At that stage your unconscious mind will be able to express itself more freely and the best ideas come to you. While at it, two things are important: i) do the list in one go and ii) eliminate distractions.
All in all an interesting method to get your creative juices flowing >:)
Paul Potts did just that. In the show Britain’s Got Talent he delivered superbly at his first audition (contrary to what was expected by many when they saw this shy and humble man enter the stage):
“Spirit as business, as a venture that helps a meaning seeking population satisfy its craving for meaning….will be the next revolution in business” - Rick Karlgaard the publisher of Forbes
Financial markets are currently in rough waters on the back of a lot uncertainty surrounding sub prime loans. Below you’ll find an absolutely brilliant satire on the financial world in general and the mortgages crisis specifically >:)
If you’re living in the U.S. you have a four day holiday to look forward to. To all of you who are off for Thanksgiving: enjoy yourselves! In keeping with the holiday theme of giving thanks we’ll talk a bit about experiences during the past year which we are grateful for (this list is just a quick summary!):
Good health for ourselves and our loved ones because without it nothing else matters;
The wonderful people we met during the past year who motivated and inspired us, made us laugh and exited us with their enthusiasm and optimism;
Being able to have visited beautiful places in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, The U.K., The Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and The U.S;
Having enjoyed fantastic lunches and dinners prepared by people with an absolute passion for cooking;
Time spent in numerous activities that were outright fun amongst which the many late nights and early mornings in alcoholic circumstances :);
Our ability to dream and get exited about the infinite opportunities that lie ahead of us;
The privilege of doing what we love doing on a daily basis.
Entrepreneur Sanne Roemen never makes an invoice. She lets her clients decide what they want to pay her. And how they want to pay her. Sanne, who consults on how companies can apply web 2.0 principles in their business, knows by experience by now that clients generally pay her three times as much as she would have offered before the job was done. The side-effect of clients paying less than expected therefore isn’t too much of a problem. “I can’t determine for the client what the value of my services is. That’s something which is different for everybody”. Although Sanne totally trusts on her clients to judge her value added, so far she hasn’t had any negative experiences. Above that, it’s part of the entrepreneurial risk. “When making an offer it’s exiting to see whether or not you’ll get the job. Now it’s exiting to see how much you get once the job is finished”.
Zen Habits did an excellent post on how to boost your self-confidence. Their list ends up with the following 25 ways:
Be kind and generous; 9) Know your principles and live them; 10) Get prepared; 11) Speak slowly; 12) Stand tall; 13) Increase competence; 14) Set a small goal and achieve it; 15) Change a small habit; 16) Focus on solutions; 17) SMILE; 18) Volunteer; 19) Be grateful; 20) Exercise; 21) Empower yourself with knowledge; 22) Do difficult things first; 23) Get active; 24) Work on small things; 25) Clear your desk.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have one central place where you can put down your ideas, organize them according to topic and share them with people? 
We came across an interesting post on 
If you’re living in the U.S. you have a four day holiday to look forward to. To all of you who are off for Thanksgiving: enjoy yourselves! In keeping with the holiday theme of giving thanks we’ll talk a bit about experiences during the past year which we are grateful for (this list is just a quick summary!):
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