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Fab Giovanetti
How to grow a successful community
“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.” — Seth Godin, Tribes. I started my company over six years ago. Bringing people together is what people know me for. Yet creating a community goes beyond the definition of the word.
8 Productivity Books Every Self-Development Guru Urges you to Read
As I mentioned a few times before, I am a productivity guinea pig in the making. By this, I do not mean I am cute, fuzzy and adorable (yet, I am definitely adorable). I simply love experimenting and trying new things. I love learning too, as a matter of fact.
3 Surprising Tools That Will Help You Read More Efficiently
Let’s start with a confession: I am a very, very, very quick reader. In my first book, Make an Impact, I talked extensively about the time that I read 10 books in one day. I was 10, on holiday, extremely bored, and with a full library at my disposal.
How To Become The Most Irresistible Person In A (Zoom) Room
What makes great speakers truly great? Their ability to connect with people and tell compelling stories — these are the inspiring people with a purpose. What makes great online speakers awesome? The determination to connect with hundreds of people, even when distance may be an obstacle.
Can Music Really Help You Focus?
Music and sound have been essential features of my routine. One of my first journalistic experiences involved interviewing musicians and reviewing albums, which prompted me to listen to music while writing. This was both a blessing and a curse. Nowadays, my brain naturally wants to focus on the songs over what I am jotting down.
3 Ways to Create Better Boundaries When Working From Home
Do you feel like you are constantly apologising for taking time to do things?Is it really only me?. I must have been spending too much time living in England. I was talking to a peer yesterday, as we were about to record a video interview, and she pointed out how, in the past three weeks, everyone has been walking around with a weird fight or flight attitude.
How to Create a Five Year Plan for Your Business and Life
Last year I joined a sales masterclass for women — which in itself is a great idea, let me tell you that. What I loved about it, is that it truly spoke to women as salespeople, and discusses how us, as ladies, can feel more at ease with selling and the masculine energy surrounding it.
Dr. Mike Dow on How to Use the Power of Your Brain to Reclaim Your Time Off
What if I could tell you that your subconscious brain could help you work smarter and become more efficient?. Over the past week, I had the pleasure to talk all things brain with Dr. Mike Dow. He is a New York Times bestselling author, brain-health expert, and has been called “America’s go-to therapist.”
5 Experts Share the Secrets to Successfully Changing Your Career
You may have read this a million times. This is the time to change careers. We are living in a “passion economy”. On the one hand, we read about how the top-earning writer on the paid newsletter platform Substack earns more than $500,000 a year from reader subscriptions, or the top content creator on Podia, a platform for video courses and digital memberships, makes more than $100,000 a month.
Why Most of Us Still Do not Know How to Breathe
How is your breath? Is it shallow, frazzled? Do you take long, deep breaths?. Most of us truly do not know how to breathe — but then, were you ever taught how to?. Correct breathing means you breathe in a way that is physiologically optimal for your body. It’s the way you were designed to breathe; only you were never taught how to.
A Powerful Exercise for Finding Peace in Uncertainty
I was just staring at the screen. Ten tasks in bright green before me. I looked at them once. Twice. I blinked and I am pretty sure it was ten minutes. There is a wild misconception about what a nervous breakdown may look like. It can be different for anyone, really. I see it as a way for my brain to cope with incredibly painful and stressful events.
How to Embrace Remote Working as a Team
When working remotely, you want to be implementing strategies for remote and flexible working in your business can benefit your brand and productivity long term. As Buffer and other tech startups have fully embraced the flexible working lifestyle, I made it part of our company ethos to welcome and embrace flexible working fully.
How To Inspire Low Waste Living For The Whole Family
There is something to be said about meeting people online for the first time. I am a massive believer in personal and physical connections — I am a hugger, sue me — yet I also find that these days, more than ever, the “new normal” has pushed us to find connections even when miles apart.
10 Inspiring Quotes for When you Need to Set Big Goals
Setting goals can be fun, and articles about setting goals can be equally fun. Why? Because there are so many, and most of them are pretty much talking about the same thing. We focus a lot about how tos, the formulas, the best ways to set goals.
How to Get Started with Your own Wheel of Life
I have never been the biggest fan of New Year resolutions, purely due to the short lifespan they seem to hold. Research by Strava recently found that in 2020, Sunday 19th January is the day when most people will give up on their resolutions.
Why You Do Not Need a Ph.D. to Become an Expert in Your Field
For the purpose of this article, dear reader, I am asking you to indulge me in an exercise. Imagine you are in a book store. Imagine you are browsing for a specific book (in my case could be very likely an old classic or a cookbook), a few things tend to occur.
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