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Structuring headclutter: Mindmapping
It is not so long ago that I discovered Mindmapping and its advantages. These advantages depend on the type of person you are. Me, I have a lot of ideas, great structuring skills but not enough space in my head … Continue reading
Shaking for practicality
It has been two weeks since I started work now and I have the same problem as many. Not always the time to eat properly let alone healthy. My answer is a blender! With no more than 50 euros you … Continue reading
The downside of choices
It is stunning how we automatically assume that more is better. More money, more freedom, more choices, they all go as the basic foundation for the society we live in. You get promoted; of course you accept. Laws try to assure … Continue reading
CV2.0: A new way of CV-ing
When we look objectively at CV’s we can only conclude that it is a very superficial way of presenting yourself that has to much value attached to it. What is wierd is that with all of the technological means we … Continue reading
Music opportunities
Music producers do not miss out on any opportunity to complain about “illegal” downloading. It seems to be the oldest marketing mistake in the book: confusing an opportunity with an threat. What they do is count the number of downloads, … Continue reading
Customer service… Finally
In a not so distant past customer service by phone was every consumers worse nightmare. A continuous process of being patched through to more and more impolite people that didn’t seem to have any intention of helping you. It seemed … Continue reading
The Manager and the Engineer
A friend of mine sent me this small story which is not only very funny but also points out the obviousness of communication problems between some fields. Either way I had to share with you: A man in a hot … Continue reading
Welcome in 2009!!!
Aaaaah, welcome to the year 2009, the year we should all fear. The year in which we will all go from a state in which we were so rich that we had to buy psychotherapy for our dogs to get … Continue reading
How things get done…
While GTD gives you 6,240,000 hits on Google I had never heard of it. Not until a friend of mine pointed it out to me by saying “This is great to empty your head a bit”. This attracted my attention … Continue reading
The singing music store
Passing by a Fnac store on an ordinary Sunday I don’t imagine seeing anything else but big gray closed roll door. This Sunday at the Fnac in Rue de Rennes (close to the Montparnasse train station) was different though: they … Continue reading
Wanted: A 300 euro miracle worker
Salary has never been my main interest in a job but if a company is not willing to pay me more than 300 Euros, I assume that they are looking for somebody that doesn’t bring more than 300 euros worth … Continue reading
Marketing in the Metro
A perfect example that marketing is everywhere crossed my path in the Paris metroline number 8 this morning in the form of a homeless person.
Lying Marketers
I came across this video of Seth Godin in which I think he made some interesting points.
My Romania project to an end…
I just finished my Marketing plan for my Romanian DIY store. I’m quite satisfied with the results of the project so far and the results that we made in the store. Either way it is for sure that both the … Continue reading
Making money on the border
I’m back in my cramped bus trying to read a bit when we approach the border. In line for the Romanian Customs a guy jumps up starting to speak Romanian to the passengers. I don’t understand but people start giving … Continue reading
Shopping
We’re standing in front of a bakery in a neighbourhood supermarket in Bucarest. After a good 2 minute wait for a women behind the counter doing her paperwork there is starting to form a line with annoyed people behind us. … Continue reading