We can measure how efficiently every living thing moves. What we mean by efficiency is the amount of energy it takes to move a set distance. For instance, how much energy does it take your pet cat to walk one kilometer? Or your dog? Turns out that flying creatures use the least energy per distance. Your pets must bow to the queen of efficient locomotion: The Condor.
We’ve had tons of Loadshedding recently. Our power even went out twice on one day this weekend. But I’ve noticed something is interesting. Not all power cuts are created equal. Are some of them 5 hours and some of them 1 hour only? No – these days they are all 2.5 hours. But they don’t feel the same.
I’ve recently started feeling very odd during the workday. It's not that I haven’t enjoyed my work. And it's not that I’ve been feeling sick or anything. Just not quite on top of my game. I’ve allowed my inbox to get more out of control than usual. I normally keep my camera on during smaller meetings. But that has felt like an effort lately. More and more I’ve kept my camera off. It’s almost like something in me wants to hide from the world.
This is the third and final article in my three-part series aimed at giving you practical advice on how to ace your next interview. In part one we looked at interview preparation and in part two we covered how you should show up. This part focuses on three keys that turn the interview into a conversation.
This is the second article in a three-part series. Each article provides practical advice on how to ace your next interview. Part one looked at how almost everyone gets nervous in interviews. We identified four things we should do before an interview...
One of the reasons people are nervous for interviews is because they don’t know what questions they are going to be asked. And if you don’t know what you are going to be asked, then you can’t know in advance whether you’re going to be able to give good answers. And if you can’t be sure of that, well, then you enter the interview unsure of yourself.