Tips
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Cornucopia of public speaking tips
Originally published on Mindee's blog. Speech communication is a soft skill that is important regardless of the job you have. Public speaking is not just for adventurous people looking to participate...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty - #14
It is the kind of thing you do not want to wait until you really need to do it, trust me (CW: depression, suicidal thoughts). It shouldn't be an after thought. It shouldn't be a shameful topic. We...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty - #13
The word ego isn't a bad one in itself: it denotes one's opinion of their own value or importance. There is that non-written rule about it though. We mostly always use it with a negative connotation....
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #12
Being busy is not a badge of honor. Having too many things piled up on a daily basis is preventing you from seizing the moment. It is a barrier to impromptu opportunities. Occupying every minute of...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #11
I'm not talking here about the song that haunted parents, or should I say, everyone for years. What I want to verbalize here, is letting go anything you are attached to that causes you pain. The first...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #10
My Buddhism teacher would say that, it's giving yourself too much importance, and she is right! No matter what happened or what people said, most of the time, it's not even about you or against you....
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #09
They are not pleasant. They are not easy. They don't always generate the outcomes you expected. As much as you want to avoid them, you need to have the difficult conversations. They are the ones that...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #08
Impermanence is one of the concepts I learned during my Buddhism courses. But you can disconnect the idea from the philosophy. Nothing is permanent. It's a universal truth. All things and living...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #07
We live in an individualism world: it's all about oneself. It is like that in every sphere of one's life, including information. The thing is, we should share the knowledge we have. We should use our...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #06
Traveling to new places is, depending on the locations, opening your mind to new cultures. It's marveling your eyes with paysages you only dreamed of. It's creating relationships with people around...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #05
No one ever said on their deathbed 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office' — Harold Kushner I love my job: most of the time, it doesn't feel like work. Still, I work because I need money to...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #04
Remember death. Remember that you will die! In the Western world, we don't like to talk about death, or the uncertainty of our time on earth. We should talk about it, to make it less taboo. You should...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #03
Being open-minded means welcoming new ideas or information. Especially if a priori, you disagree with them or they challenge your belief system. In a broader sense, it can also mean being favorable to...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #02
I'm serious! Get toxic people out of your life, and the sooner the better! You can try, once, to resonate with them, and explaining to them why you feel they aren't good for you. Explained in a proper...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #01
I'm turning 40 in March: watch out midlife crisis! It's a pretty huge milestone, so I had the idea to share one tip per day until March 4. A way to celebrate and to share the *cough* *cough* wisdom I...
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How to look for a technical evangelist job
It's a great time to start a new role as a Technical Evangelist even if you have never done it before. Many companies are looking to hire talented people to help them being successful within the...
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Saving your keystrokes
A couple of weeks ago, Jonathan Rozenblit did an interview with Scott Hanselman for D3, a Web show we have at Microsoft Canada. In the first episode, not online yet (Jonathan is working on it), Thomas...
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