Read this online @ Sep 17, 2013:
哈佛關於氣場的培養：
一，沉穩：
二，細心
（1）對身邊發生的事情，常思考它們
三，膽識：
（1）不要常用缺乏自信的詞句
（2）不要常常反悔，輕易推翻已經決
四，大度：
五，誠信：
六，擔當：
2013年9月16日 星期一
氣場的培養
從來都唔係一個有強勢氣場o既人, 有時, o係 workplace 真係會吃虧...
Read this online @ Sep 17, 2013:
哈佛關於氣場的培養：
一，沉穩：
（ 1）不要隨便顯露你的情緒。
（ 2）不要逢人就訴說你的困難和遭遇
（ 3）在徵詢別人的意見之前，自己先思考，但不要先講。
（ 4）不要一有機會就嘮叨你的不滿。
（ 5）重要的決定儘量有別人商量，最好隔一天再發佈。
（ 6）講話不要有任何的慌張，走路也是。
二，細心：
（1）對身邊發生的事情，常思考它們的因果關係。
（2）對做不到位的執行問題，要發掘它們的根本癥結。
（3）對習以為常的做事方法，要有改進或優化的建議。
（ 4）做什麼事情都要養成有條不紊和井然有序的習慣。 （ 5）經常去找幾個別人看不出來的毛病或弊端。
（ 6）自己要隨時隨地對有所不足的地方補位。
三，膽識：
（1）不要常用缺乏自信的詞句。
（2）不要常常反悔，輕易推翻已經決定的事。
（ 3）在眾人爭執不休時，不要沒有主見。
（ 4）整體氛圍低落時，你要樂觀、陽光。
（ 5）做任何事情都要用心，因為有人在看著你。
（ 6）事情不順的時候，歇口氣，重新尋找突破口，就結束也要乾淨俐落。
四，大度：
（ 1）不要刻意把有可能是夥伴的人變成對手。
（ 2）對別人的小過失、小錯誤不要斤斤計較。
（ 3）在金錢上要大方，學習三施（財施、法施、無畏施）
（ 4）不要有權力的傲慢和知識的偏見。
（ 5）任何成果和成就都應和別人分享。
（ 6）必須有人犧牲或奉獻的時候，自己走在前面。
五，誠信：
（ 1）做不到的事情不要說，說了就努力做到。
（ 2）虛的口號或標語不要常掛嘴上。
（ 3）針對客戶提出的「不誠信」問題， 拿出改善的方法。
（ 4）停止一切「不道德」的手段。
（ 5）耍弄小聰明，要不得！
（ 6）計算一下產品或服務的誠信代價，那就是品牌成本。
六，擔當：
（ 1）檢討任何過失的時候，先從自身或自己人開始反省。
（ 2）事項結束後，先審查過錯，再列述功勞。 （ 3）認錯從上級開始，表功從下級啟動
（ 4）著手一個計畫，先將權責界定清楚，而且分配得當。
（ 5）對「怕事」的人或組織要挑明瞭說。
Read this online @ Sep 17, 2013:
哈佛關於氣場的培養：
一，沉穩：
二，細心
（1）對身邊發生的事情，常思考它們
三，膽識：
（1）不要常用缺乏自信的詞句
（2）不要常常反悔，輕易推翻已經決
四，大度：
五，誠信：
六，擔當：
2013年9月13日 星期五
當婚姻結束時...
曾幾可時, 覺得王菲與李亞鵬應該會係幸福的一對...
From Appledaily on Sep 13:
李亞鵬與王菲八年夫妻情盡，兩人今午於魯木齊辦理離婚協議圖片亦已曝光，李亞鵬於黃昏6時07分，於微博發表離婚宣言:
「我要的是一個家庭，你卻注定是一個傳奇。懷念十年中所有的美好時光。愛你如初，很遺憾，放手，是我唯一，所能為你做的。希望你現在是快樂的，我的高中女生。」
「另為了避免大家的臆測，在此公告所有關心我們的朋友:
1.我們的女兒李嫣以後會跟我在一起生活，還請大家關照；
2.我們從戀愛到結婚，財務一直是獨立的，所以也不存在財產分配的問題。」
「祝大家一切都好，明天，太陽會照常升起!」
From Appledaily on Sep 13:
李亞鵬與王菲八年夫妻情盡，兩人今午於魯木齊辦理離婚協議圖片亦已曝光，李亞鵬於黃昏6時07分，於微博發表離婚宣言:
「我要的是一個家庭，你卻注定是一個傳奇。懷念十年中所有的美好時光。愛你如初，很遺憾，放手，是我唯一，所能為你做的。希望你現在是快樂的，我的高中女生。」
「另為了避免大家的臆測，在此公告所有關心我們的朋友:
1.我們的女兒李嫣以後會跟我在一起生活，還請大家關照；
2.我們從戀愛到結婚，財務一直是獨立的，所以也不存在財產分配的問題。」
「祝大家一切都好，明天，太陽會照常升起!」
2013年9月11日 星期三
The Truth behind the British Politeness
Read this online: From The Telegraph @ Sep 2, 2013
Translation table explaining the truth behind British politeness becomes internet hit
The British trait of being too polite to speak one's mind has led to a table translating numerous hollow English phrases becoming an internet hit.
The table points out that when Britons say 'I'm sure it's my fault', it actually means 'it's your fault'.
Translation table explaining the truth behind British politeness becomes internet hit
The British trait of being too polite to speak one's mind has led to a table translating numerous hollow English phrases becoming an internet hit.
The table sheds light on just how difficult it can be for a foreigner to
understand what the British really mean when they're speaking – especially for
those take every word at face value.
Phrases that prove the trickiest to decipher include 'you must come for
dinner', which foreigners tend to take as a direct invitation, but is actually
said out of politeness by many Britons and often does not result in an invite.
The table also reveals that when a person from Britain begins a sentence
"with the greatest respect ...', they actually mean 'I think you are an idiot'.
| WHAT THE BRITISH SAY | WHAT THE BRITISH MEAN | WHAT FOREIGNERS UNDERSTAND |
|---|---|---|
| I hear what you say | I disagree and do not want to discuss it further | He accepts my point of view |
| With the greatest respect | You are an idiot | He is listening to me |
| That's not bad | That's good | That's poor |
| That is a very brave proposal | You are insane | He thinks I have courage |
| Quite good | A bit disappointing | Quite good |
| I would suggest | Do it or be prepared to justify yourself | Think about the idea, but do what you like |
| Oh, incidentally/ by the way | The primary purpose of our discussion is | That is not very important |
| I was a bit disappointed that | I am annoyed that | It doesn't really matter |
| Very interesting | That is clearly nonsense | They are impressed |
| I'll bear it in mind | I've forgotten it already | They will probably do it |
| I'm sure it's my fault | It's your fault | Why do they think it was their fault? |
| You must come for dinner | It's not an invitation, I'm just being polite | I will get an invitation soon |
| I almost agree | I don't agree at all | He's not far from agreement |
| I only have a few minor comments | Please rewrite completely | He has found a few typos |
| Could we consider some other options | I don't like your idea | They have not yet decided |
The table points out that when Britons say 'I'm sure it's my fault', it actually means 'it's your fault'.
It also reveals that 'very interesting' can often mean 'that is clearly
nonsense'.
The table, which has been posted on an number of blogs, has attracted thousands of comments from both Britons and foreigners claiming the interpretations are true to life.
Duncan Green, a strategic adviser for Oxfam who posted it online, described it as "a handy guide for our fellow Europeans and others trying to fathom weaselly Brit-speak".
Mr Green said: "Sadly, I didn’t write it. It’s just one of those great things that is being passed around on the internet."
Although the author of the table is unconfirmed, it is thought it may have originally been drawn up by a Dutch company as an attempt to help employees working in the UK.
The table, which has been posted on an number of blogs, has attracted thousands of comments from both Britons and foreigners claiming the interpretations are true to life.
Duncan Green, a strategic adviser for Oxfam who posted it online, described it as "a handy guide for our fellow Europeans and others trying to fathom weaselly Brit-speak".
Mr Green said: "Sadly, I didn’t write it. It’s just one of those great things that is being passed around on the internet."
Although the author of the table is unconfirmed, it is thought it may have originally been drawn up by a Dutch company as an attempt to help employees working in the UK.
2013年9月3日 星期二
Born Digital: Meet the college class of 2017
Read this from Yahoo! @ September 4th, 2013
They are also attending college at a time when more and more Americans from increasingly diverse backgrounds are choosing to do so. As of 2010, 21 million people were enrolled in college, a 37 percent increase from just 10 years earlier. The class of 2017 will also be significantly more diverse and female than those of generations past: Women now almost make up nearly 60 percent of students on campus, and white students make up just 61 percent of undergrads now, compared to 83 percent in 1976.
Here are some of the emerging trends that may come to define the class of 2017.
Shaped by a recession—and stressed about college’s cost
Today’s undergrads came of age during the recession that began in 2007, which may help explain their self-reported feelings of financial anxiety and increased desire to become wealthy in the future.
In 2012, more college freshmen than ever before (87.9 percent) said getting a better job was an important reason to go to college. An all time high of 74.6 percent also rated making more money a key benefit of college, while 81 percent rated “being very well off financially” as an essential or very important personal goal, another high water mark.
Some experts have cast this increasing emphasis on wealth and future finances as indicative of the younger generation’s superficiality. But given the skyrocketing cost of college over the past few decades and the slow economic recovery, it makes sense that college kids today are keeping a closer eye on their pocketbooks.
The financial worry they’re experiencing is eating into their academics. Nearly a third of college freshmen last year surveyed by the National Survey of Student Engagement agreed with the statement “financial concerns have interfered with my academic performance.” (The average student debt load for undergrads rose to $26,000 last year.) Sixty percent worried they wouldn’t have enough money for regular expenses.
Studying Less, Using Technology More
As of 2012, the average college student spent just 15 hours per week studying, a big drop from decades past, according to research done by two University of California economics professors. According to their research, the average student at a four-year college in 1961 hit the books for 24 hours each week.
But the big drop off in studying is not necessarily because college students are partying more. For one thing, technology has most likely sped up some of the process of schoolwork: Typing a paper on a laptop, with its handy “delete” button, is much faster than using a typewriter, and so is looking up research papers online instead of navigating a library’s Dewey Decimal system.
But it’s unlikely technology is streamlining studying so much that students have an extra 10 hours a week to kill. One possible culprit is procrastination, which is on the rise for Americans of all ages over the past three decades, according to research by Piers Steel. About a third of 160,000 undergraduates surveyed in 2008 said they frequently or always struggled with the problem of not being able to sit down and do their work. While college kids of all generations could daydream and doodle during class, the temptations of the internet surely add to this issue: about two thirds of college students admitted to using social media during class in a 2012 NSSE survey, with 39 percent of freshmen saying they “frequently” did so.
Yet another explanation for the decline in study time may be that college kids are increasingly worried about their finances, and thus spend more of their time working at jobs to help defray college’s high costs.
All of this may contribute to a problem pinpointed by higher education experts Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, who write in “Academically Adrift” that 45 percent of American students showed “no significant gains in learning” after two years of college. After four years, 36 percent of students in their sample had not improved their writing or analytic skills. Their research was based on following more than 3,000 students on 29 campuses, and administering them a Collegiate Learning Assessment, a standardized test that measures writing, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Narcissism or youthful optimism?
Multiple studies have shown that today’s college students say they are more confident in their own abilities and future success than the Baby Boomer generation that went to college in the 1970s.
San Diego State University Professor Jean Twenge wrote in her book “Generation Me” that Gen Xers born after 1970 and “millennials” born in the 1980s and 90s display much higher self regard, lower civic-mindedness and an increased interest in fame than the baby boomer generation that was born between 1945 and 1970. (Twenge draws these conclusions in part from the American Freshman Survey, which has been asking large samples of college freshmen similar questions since 1965.)
Students in the 90s and 2000s were much more likely to describe themselves as individualistic, self-sufficient and having “strong personalities” than those from the 60s and 70s were. They are also much more likely to rate their academic abilities highly and predict they will complete graduate school and land high-paying, professional jobs. (In 2006, nearly 70 percent of college freshmen ranked themselves in the top of their class in academic ability and drive to succeed.) Undergrads are also more likely than students from previous generations to agree with statements such as “I have often met people who were supposed to be experts who were no better than I.”
But the crop of young people who are going off to college in recent years are breaking this mold, slightly. Twenge found in a more recent study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science that high school students surveyed between 2008 and 2010 showed more concern for others and for the environment than young people who were surveyed between 2004 and 2006 did. Recent college freshmen and high school seniors were also more likely to say they have volunteered and plan to do community service while in college. Twenge concluded that the effect of the recession has increased collectivist and altruistic feelings, though she sticks to her controversial thesis that recent generations display more narcissistic traits than boomers did.
Others have questioned whether the longitudinal surveys Twenge relies upon are a good way to gauge change. “I think undeniably there are generational changes,” said Brent Roberts, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois who has challenged Twenge’s conclusions on narcissism. “Whether those changes are captured in a survey like the [American Freshman Survey] is an interesting question.” Roberts points out that the demographics of college students have changed dramatically over the past four decades, making changes harder to track. (Twenge says she is able to control for these changes.)
Roberts also criticizes Twenge for taking into account the fact that older generations rate the younger generation as more narcissistic than theirs, a trend he says has been going on since time immemorial. “You just don’t remember how much of a prick you were, that’s the way memory systems work,” he said.
Eighteen-year-olds headed off to college for the first time this fall were mostly born in 1995—the year Yahoo was founded—and have never known life without the internet. In the series “Born Digital,” Yahoo News will explore the ways the college experience is being transformed by this new generation: from how undergrads nab jobs and internships to the way they interact with professors and even how they date.
Researchers who have mined survey data on college freshmen and high school seniors that goes back to the 1970s still don’t know how constant access to technology is defining or shaping this born digital generation of students. But social scientists have identified key differences in the values and habits of today’s undergrads that represent sharp breaks from the attitudes on college campuses of the past.
The current crop of college students study less, are from wealthier families, volunteer more and are more concerned about their financial future than college students decades ago, the data show. Students today are also more likely to display narcissistic traits and believe they will be successful in the future, even as they also report higher levels of volunteering and concern for the environment than previous generations of college-aged kids.
They are also attending college at a time when more and more Americans from increasingly diverse backgrounds are choosing to do so. As of 2010, 21 million people were enrolled in college, a 37 percent increase from just 10 years earlier. The class of 2017 will also be significantly more diverse and female than those of generations past: Women now almost make up nearly 60 percent of students on campus, and white students make up just 61 percent of undergrads now, compared to 83 percent in 1976.
Here are some of the emerging trends that may come to define the class of 2017.
Shaped by a recession—and stressed about college’s cost
Today’s undergrads came of age during the recession that began in 2007, which may help explain their self-reported feelings of financial anxiety and increased desire to become wealthy in the future.
In 2012, more college freshmen than ever before (87.9 percent) said getting a better job was an important reason to go to college. An all time high of 74.6 percent also rated making more money a key benefit of college, while 81 percent rated “being very well off financially” as an essential or very important personal goal, another high water mark.
Some experts have cast this increasing emphasis on wealth and future finances as indicative of the younger generation’s superficiality. But given the skyrocketing cost of college over the past few decades and the slow economic recovery, it makes sense that college kids today are keeping a closer eye on their pocketbooks.
The financial worry they’re experiencing is eating into their academics. Nearly a third of college freshmen last year surveyed by the National Survey of Student Engagement agreed with the statement “financial concerns have interfered with my academic performance.” (The average student debt load for undergrads rose to $26,000 last year.) Sixty percent worried they wouldn’t have enough money for regular expenses.
Even so, 73 percent of students agreed that college was a good investment and a record share of high school students rate a college degree as key to a prosperous life, perhaps explaining why they are willing to experience the stress of financial uncertainty.
Studying Less, Using Technology More
As of 2012, the average college student spent just 15 hours per week studying, a big drop from decades past, according to research done by two University of California economics professors. According to their research, the average student at a four-year college in 1961 hit the books for 24 hours each week.
But the big drop off in studying is not necessarily because college students are partying more. For one thing, technology has most likely sped up some of the process of schoolwork: Typing a paper on a laptop, with its handy “delete” button, is much faster than using a typewriter, and so is looking up research papers online instead of navigating a library’s Dewey Decimal system.
But it’s unlikely technology is streamlining studying so much that students have an extra 10 hours a week to kill. One possible culprit is procrastination, which is on the rise for Americans of all ages over the past three decades, according to research by Piers Steel. About a third of 160,000 undergraduates surveyed in 2008 said they frequently or always struggled with the problem of not being able to sit down and do their work. While college kids of all generations could daydream and doodle during class, the temptations of the internet surely add to this issue: about two thirds of college students admitted to using social media during class in a 2012 NSSE survey, with 39 percent of freshmen saying they “frequently” did so.
Yet another explanation for the decline in study time may be that college kids are increasingly worried about their finances, and thus spend more of their time working at jobs to help defray college’s high costs.
All of this may contribute to a problem pinpointed by higher education experts Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, who write in “Academically Adrift” that 45 percent of American students showed “no significant gains in learning” after two years of college. After four years, 36 percent of students in their sample had not improved their writing or analytic skills. Their research was based on following more than 3,000 students on 29 campuses, and administering them a Collegiate Learning Assessment, a standardized test that measures writing, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Narcissism or youthful optimism?
Multiple studies have shown that today’s college students say they are more confident in their own abilities and future success than the Baby Boomer generation that went to college in the 1970s.
San Diego State University Professor Jean Twenge wrote in her book “Generation Me” that Gen Xers born after 1970 and “millennials” born in the 1980s and 90s display much higher self regard, lower civic-mindedness and an increased interest in fame than the baby boomer generation that was born between 1945 and 1970. (Twenge draws these conclusions in part from the American Freshman Survey, which has been asking large samples of college freshmen similar questions since 1965.)
Students in the 90s and 2000s were much more likely to describe themselves as individualistic, self-sufficient and having “strong personalities” than those from the 60s and 70s were. They are also much more likely to rate their academic abilities highly and predict they will complete graduate school and land high-paying, professional jobs. (In 2006, nearly 70 percent of college freshmen ranked themselves in the top of their class in academic ability and drive to succeed.) Undergrads are also more likely than students from previous generations to agree with statements such as “I have often met people who were supposed to be experts who were no better than I.”
But the crop of young people who are going off to college in recent years are breaking this mold, slightly. Twenge found in a more recent study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science that high school students surveyed between 2008 and 2010 showed more concern for others and for the environment than young people who were surveyed between 2004 and 2006 did. Recent college freshmen and high school seniors were also more likely to say they have volunteered and plan to do community service while in college. Twenge concluded that the effect of the recession has increased collectivist and altruistic feelings, though she sticks to her controversial thesis that recent generations display more narcissistic traits than boomers did.
Others have questioned whether the longitudinal surveys Twenge relies upon are a good way to gauge change. “I think undeniably there are generational changes,” said Brent Roberts, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois who has challenged Twenge’s conclusions on narcissism. “Whether those changes are captured in a survey like the [American Freshman Survey] is an interesting question.” Roberts points out that the demographics of college students have changed dramatically over the past four decades, making changes harder to track. (Twenge says she is able to control for these changes.)
Roberts also criticizes Twenge for taking into account the fact that older generations rate the younger generation as more narcissistic than theirs, a trend he says has been going on since time immemorial. “You just don’t remember how much of a prick you were, that’s the way memory systems work,” he said.
2013年9月2日 星期一
Good Quotes from
Have come across some really good quotes when I watched Season 4... Background is that when Alicia Florrick knew that she was not the only 4-year associate who would be promoted to equity partner, she got really upset. Diane Lockhark came to her and gave Alicia some advice:
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Diane: Your absence from the festivities is sending quite a message to the partnership.
Alicia: Oh, what message would that be?
Diane: That you are not vested in our little enterprise...You are pouting. It's unbecoming.
Alicia: No. I am working.
Diane: You know why I was made partner? Jonas Stern was being sued for sexual harrassment and he needed to show that he hads a female partner.That's all.
When the door that you have been knocking at finally swings open, you don't ask why, you run through.That is a simple fact.
No one is here to make it comfortable for you. No one is here to appreciate your moping. So, this is my advice to you:
Take a minute for yourself. Put on your best gracious voice. Find a way to wear a smile and then come in the conference room to thank the equity partners, for giving you this opportunity.
Because what is given can be quickly taken away.
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