What about a refreshing break? Sit down, lay back and relax. Feeling comfortable? Now push play. Watch and enjoy ! It’s over. Now check quickly – which tips do you remember? Did some ideas make you laugh? Did some others seem strange? Think just a bit… Let the pictures from the video cross your brain…
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Have you ever heard of a “Scottish Shower”? That’s how we call it in French: start your shower with your favorite temperature, nice and warm, or even pretty hot… and then slowly but surely decrease the temperature until it’s only cold water flowing. Quick, cold showers are so energizing! If you’ve never tried, it might
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What if your dream feels out of reach? Sometimes it’s hard to feel inspired because one’s dream seems just so far away. One starts doubting. Will I ever get there? Visualizing that dream then is no longer enough. What can you do when your dream seems too far? Out of reach? You can make sure
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Too many options? Sometimes moving ahead is not about spending time reading books or reports, visiting yet another new training or reflecting about an issue even more in-depth. Sometimes it’s not even about gathering new information or collecting informed advices. Sometimes moving ahead is about picking that one issue you’ve been wanting to tackle for
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Once in a while it happens – you turn around and see that colleague, client or random interlocutor, and you feel a pinch in your heart. Or some anger. Or just some annoyment, some irritation… Jealousy’s just hit again! Yet like most of our spontaneous, disturbing reactions, jealousy can be turned into something positive and
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Pick one key value for you – it could be fairness, excellence, solidarity, reliability… Chose just one. Think for a few minutes – what could be 2 or 3 simple actions which reflect this value in your daily work life ? Once you’ve identified such actions, define a time in the coming 3 days to implement
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Such a standard, 21st century experience – you’re enjoying a nice moment with a friend in a café… but their phone rings, it’s an important call and here you are, waiting… and waiting… and waiting… Fortunately enough, last time this happened to me we were sitting in one of these cafés that have included not
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Striving for certainty is one of the best ways to avoid or slow down changes. In the coming days, pick one dimension of your work life where you’d like to see some change. Challenge yourself to try out a new approach before you’re a hundred percent sure that this is the right approach – identify
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Too early in the morning. Way too early… My brain is still cloudy in spite of two strong cups of coffee. My thoughts dance back and forth, between the projects I have to work on, my neighbours’ loud conversations, and the monotonous, unpleasant tune announcing the metro’s doors closing process after each stop. I have
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“A 6h15 du matin, Adamsberg sentit une main le secouer. – Il a ouvert les yeux ! Viens voir. Vite. Zerk ne savait toujours pas comment appeler Adamsberg. “Père” ? Beaucoup trop solennel. “Papa” ? On ne prend pas cette habitude à son âge. “Jean-Baptiste” ? Amical et déplacé. En attendant, il ne l’appelait pas,
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