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The Personal Assistant – an On-Site Workshop
Interview with Nona Henti, the Workshop’s Facilitator
WORKSHOP: “Developing Internal Career Counseling Competencies”
I am honored and so very happy to start tomorrow a new Workshop on behalf of a truly broad-minded client-company. Here is the Workshop’s objective and purpose:
The African Wisdom of Togetherness
25 May: Africa Day “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb
Nudging the Entrepreneur with Nicolas Plesea
“The entrepreneur needs to become aware of the fact that there is no concept of ‘stagnation’ in business. You either grow or you regress. Even if you chose to stagnate, you might still need the aid of the business consultant to prevent regression.” Nicolas Plesea
Around the World on Fridays (“M” | Part 1)
“Peace begins with a smile.” Mother Teresa Today: Macedonia | Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Mauritius Cover Photography © Gina Buliga | Madagascar
Around the World on Fridays (“L”)
“We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviors, beliefs, rituals.” Randa Abdel-Fattah Today: Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg Cover Photography © Eric Lafforgue | Libya
What do you wish for in 2017?
What do you wish for in 2017, he asked? I won’t settle for anything less than peace, I said. Long-lasting resounding worldwide peace. Global peace, literally peace in every corner of this world, you know? Yes, he said gently, yes, I know … Featured Artist: Ilie Krasovschi
ROMANIA – A Winter’s Tale
Photography © Sorin Onisor “Winter Song” by Nichita Stanescu | English translation by Thomas Carlson and Vasile Poenaru
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY | “Afghan Girl” | Respect, Steve McCurry!
Cover Photography: Steve McCurry and the “Afghan Girl” | Photo © Bente Haarstad Photography June 1985: The image of a young Afghan woman with intense green eyes in a red headscarf makes the cover of the National Geographic Magazine. The portrait was taken in 1984 by the amazing photojournalist and visual storyteller, Steve McCurry. Compared […]
Around the World on Fridays (“K”)
“Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other ‘isms’ grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity.” […]
Things we did differently in 2016 & Resolutions for 2017
As 2016 approaches its end, I look back over the past twelve months (as we did before in 2015 and 2014) and what I see is that we did things differently this year!
Around the World on Fridays (“J”)
“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So, when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” Bob Marley Today: Jamaica | Japan | Jordan Cover Photography © Marianna F. | Trenchtown, Jamaican […]