One of the challenges for anyone presenting before an audience is to stay calm, speak with confidence, engage the audience, and hold their attention. Emotions, feelings of discomfort, or the thought that everyone is now judging you often interfere with the ability to concentrate on content. I drew several valuable insights from Oskars Priede's seminar at LTRK.
Thanks to an invitation from friends to a boy's birthday celebration, we discovered a new place for an exciting weekend - both for adults and children. The Beverīna Wooden Sculpture Park and several labyrinths in the open countryside, 11 km from Valmiera in the direction of Smiltene along the P-18 highway.
The restaurant name La Folie Chef's Kitchen suggested French cuisine - something rather pricey but sufficiently refined. Since today is Ēriks's name day, there was reason to stop in and treat the taste buds. How it actually was - in detail below.
Another reason why it is worth attending networking events is the chance to stumble upon new ideas or sources from which to draw those ideas or inspiration. So it happened this time too - on 16 March I attended the Riga500 networking event at Gaismas Pils. As one of the early bird ticket buyers, I received as a gift from the event organisers Daniel Priestley's book "Key Person of Influence. The Five-Step Method to become one of the most highly valued and highly paid people in your industry".
This morning was flooded with sunshine. The weather is clearly inclining towards summer. The perfect mood for switching from professional literature to lyric poetry. And why should it not be the verses of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
It's now been a full week since not even a crumb of inspiration has come to write anything for the blog - only the necessary texts for work. This morning I woke up with a certain irritation: where has my inspiration gone? I look out of the window - everything is already turning green, but the sky is overcast; suddenly, along with raindrops from the sky, large snowflakes begin to fall. A splendid backdrop for crawling back into bed, pulling the duvet over your head, and not starting anything at all.
Sometimes adaptability is not enough - agility is required. Everyone must work with the client! It is not only the responsibility of the salesperson or service employee. It is the responsibility of the manager, the HR specialist, the administrator, the accountant, and other company employees. Each at their own level and within the bounds of their own professional competencies.
The American political drama series House of Cards is full of ruthless pragmatism, manipulation, the ignoring of any universal or religious values, but also global strategic thinking and juicy quotes. Here are the quotes of the main character, US Democratic Party politician Frank Underwood.
Although at the time of writing the Kučinskis government had only been in office 57 days and it is still too early to evaluate the government's work, certain outlines of the ministers' activities are beginning to emerge, and it is unlikely that, as it approaches the 100-day mark, the government's profile will change substantially.
A person's weak thinking is shaped by their life experience - that is, their stereotypes - and all decisions and conclusions are made on the basis of trial and error. Practitioners of powerful thinking, on the other hand, use specific algorithms to resolve any situation (in their own favour).
