THE SIRDAB WEEKLY I’ve been on and off diets for longer than I can remember. I can still recall, as a chubby child, being exploited by my siblings to get them what they wanted around the house: “Don’t you want to lose weight? Then bring me Orangina from the kitchen.” Unhealthy habits are the…
DetailsReader Tips For Greater Productivity Wow. I was very impressed with the feedback I received for my last email. Productivity is certainly relevant to many of our readers, and in this newsletter I’ll be sharing some of the best tips I received. But before that: I think it’s really important to organize productivity advice…
DetailsAre You a Productive Person? I recently read an article where the author made the feat of writing a book sound insanely simple. In fact, he claimed he once wrote a book without realizing it! I dismissed the article as being too simplistic, and the advice probably didn’t apply to me. But hours later…
DetailsShould a Leader be Loved or Feared? An interesting question was raised during The Salon’s discussion on The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli last week: Would you rather be feared or loved? Though the book was written over 500 years ago, the question can nevertheless be applied to many situations today, including the workplace. Machiavelli…
DetailsLast Chance to Sign Up for The UX Workshop During the members-only Creative Team Challenge last week, we had several team building activities with different objectives. One of them was to build a tower that could hold a small stone for ten seconds using 30 straws, a pair of scissors and two strips of…
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