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The following 5 tips are a must read if you want to send emails that leave a good impression, and compel the recipient of your emails to take immediate action.
1. Be bold: Start with the end
Need an answer from your recipient? Want them to take a particular action, like printing [...]

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By now you will know that I am a ’new-age’ type of a character. I have a lot of interest in spirituality, motivation, and other topics related to my personal and spiritual development. A few days ago, while reading an interview with Dan Millman, I found a very powerful quote [...]

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One of my constant sources of inspiration is best-selling author Dan Millman. I am starting to notice a pattern here: two of my spiritual guides (Jack Lalanne and Dan Millman) were former athletes, and shared their perspectives on life with others in a rather public way. If you know of more characters [...]

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Almost 20 years ago I was sitting on a classroom at the ‘Universidad de Los Andes’ learning about System’s Theory. In that class-room, I learned a very useful paradigm: Almost anything you care to look at, can be interpreted as a system that takes some inputs; processes them; and provides some outputs.
Throughout [...]

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Hello reader; we find each other again. I have an announcement to make. Over the last month, I found someone very similar, and at the same time very different to me. His name is Andres Melo, and like me, he is a Colombian expatriate in an English speaking country (Canada).
Like me, he has a reflective [...]

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The Unawakened always rewards Specificity.Only the Masters enjoy Balanced Versatility.

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Specialisation is highly regarded in this modern world.I have discussed career goals with many professionals, and I am yet to find someone who tells me “I want to develop a broad range of skills - I want to be a generalist“. But as the [...]

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‘Personal development’ authors often recommend us to “un-learn” old routines, and make space for the effective habits they are about to teach us. These books then spend hundreds of pages to describe habits that promise to turn your life around. Having tried many of these habits myself over the years, I started asking some questions [...]

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These days, I write for a living. Rather weird, considering I work in ‘marketing analytics’. But it’s true. “The word is mightier than the digits”. And in my trade, communicating what our customers want into clear and articulate documentation is part and parcel of what I do.
I also write for myself. Some time back, I [...]

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Over the last 12 months , I have been on a journey of self-exploration and disclosure. Through this journey, I’ve had some difficult times and challenging moments. I also have had people I respect tell me I lost the plot. One thing in common in both instances was that I let my emotions and my [...]

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There’s been a lot of talk lately about training our people for success; and about our desire to significantly raise our level of performance in the business. Interestingly enough, these 2 words (training & performance) can be tracked to the sports arena. I wonder [...]

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