Tag: Talk

I haven’t known her long. She’s more of a blossoming friend, I guess you could say. But I really like her. It’s rare to find another woman in her 40s that you gravitate to so easily. So when you do, you want to savor it like a fine wine. Our daughters are in the same s...

Hello there, This is my first article so I hope this topic will be useful for you. The word self-talk is made with two words: self and talk, i.e., talking to oneself. It enhances your performance and reduces stress and anxiety at work. “Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings. ...

Americans are lonely. All Americans are experiencing record levels of isolation and loneliness, but to read the headlines, you might think it’s only men who are suffering. In addition to this current focus on male loneliness is a certain amount of petulance about it. I see too many essays enti...

Quiet thinkers intrigue me. Those who pay attention. The people who speak only to clarify and understand. The ones who hold on to their wisdom because they question their own thinking. We don’t need know-it-alls. The arrogant, overbearing ones with an answer to everything. So undoubting ...

Choose the Right Topic — You have unique experience and industry expertise and this is why they have chosen your talk. But there’s no way you can cover your entire scope in 45 minutes. Choose one topic within your many possibilities — something not too broad, somethi...

More than a few times I have written about the need to curb what I call Meeting Culture at companies. The rise of meetings in corporate life, I believe, has stifled productivity and created an arena for competition over how good you are at meeting etiquette, presenting, or facilitating mee...

Talking Org Charts If a classic Org Chart could speak it would enjoy a very limited vocabulary, like the character in Guardians of the Galaxy: Groot; “I am Groot!” Wikipedia Groot So, you went out on the internet and searched for “Organizational Chart “...

BERLIN — Broken shards of beer glass bottles crunch beneath Dexter’s feet as the early morning sounds of techno music linger in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin. After passing a few buildings covered with both commissioned street art and graffiti, he stops at a large mural w...

MacOS have a fun command-line program called “say”: you type “say” and enter some text and it reads to you. It also has a text-to-speech functionality : you highlight any text and it reads to you. This is a quick tutorial how to use the text-to-speech i...

Inthe summer of 2018 I undertook a cycle journey that took me almost to the four corners of London. I would later embark on a longer two-wheel-powered trip that took me to farther places, but the one in the summer of 2018 was the one that stuck in my mind the most. The reasons vary, but at the he...

Well, it’s happening. Saturday brings Mexico City a new TV subchannel — one that happens to be a momentous occasion for the industry. The logo is different — the blue-and-red U parted by a cross has given way to the glossy blue and orange symbol used elsewhere in Latin America. ...

Hey readers, I am Shubham Kumar, currently working as SDE-2 with Expedia. I am an open-source enthusiast and wanderlust by heart. I have been attending open-source conferences since college time but I have always wanted to be a speaker and here is my story. I have been applying as an attendee sin...

I have compiled a full list of Highlights & Quotes from the COP28 Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which you can find in the link provided above. Check out some of the findings from this story below. All of these findings from the COP28 Summit were published in Areas & P...

The Quran itself does not explicitly state a legal punishment for homosexuality. According to the information provided, there is no specific verse in the Quran that prescribes a punishment for homosexual acts [1] [7]. The story of the Prophet Lot and the people of Sodom is mentioned in the Quran, wh...

“Image By Author” Hey there! We all know personal care attendants are absolute heroes, but what happens when the superhero cape gets tangled in language barriers? Let’s dive into the nitty-gritty of dealing with attendants who might not speak English like a native. **Lost in ...

When I started boxing, I knew I would get Traumatic Brain Injury, and yes; I have it, I can’t remember anything. When I started businesses, and college, I knew relationships were out of the question; I am not in one nor plan to be; it’s hook up (no Netflix and no chill) and release back ...