Flip the coin
People say that I’m an optimist. I’m afraid I have to disagree! That form of optimism is a life teaching that getting depressed rarely helps get through the difficulty. …
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Are you crossing off someone else todo list?
Before starting something, ask yourself: “Am I crossing someone else todo list?” in other words, am I choosing someone else goals over mine? It has helped me create time …
Learning to listen
In a conversation, when I actively listen (e.g. with a customer, or my kids), I used to struggle when to intervene to share my views and ideas. Now I know, and it works …
Urgent before important or important before urgent?
Another trick from The Trusted Advisor In a fast conversation where there is little time say first the urgent, then the important In a long conversation, start with the …
How to stay on the same page in a conversation
When mutual understanding is important, make sure you reflect back your understanding to the other party to make sure you got it right. This helps clarify things during a …
The first sentence you should say in a meeting
When facilitating a meeting (or being the organiser) After sharing the agenda in advance using the POMO method, when the time of the meeting arrives, the first sentence …
How to craft a good meeting agenda
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Getting today and yesterday in AWS Athena
Interesting links Using Athena from the AWS CLI on Linux Getting today in Athena Getting today in PostgreSQL How to get the metadata of AWS Athena tables Get the number …
GTD for mums, first steps
A interesting article for all the mums wanting to get organised - https://gettingthingsdone.com/2011/05/mom-gets-the-right-things-done-with-the-natural-planning-model/ If …
How to get the TeX and LaTeX symbol correctly
In Hugo if you want to write $$\LaTeX$$ $$\LaTeX$$ $$\TeX$$ $$\TeX$$