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Consumer and Public Health Groups Push for Cancer Warning on Alcohol
By: Consumer Federation Of America
Tags: Health, Government, Regulation, Politics, Alcohol

An example of a cancer warning for alcohol.

According to the Surgeon General, the link between alcohol consumption and cancers is now clear. Alcohol consumption represents the third largest contributor to cancer cases in women (behind smoking and obesity). However, surveys indicate that fewer than half of consumers are aware of the connection between alcohol and cancer. In response, a coalition of consumer and public health groups, including CFA, is pushing to increase awareness of this link through an updated warning on alcohol products.

The groups submitted a petition to the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), calling for a new warning label to be printed on alcohol, such as:

WARNING: According to the Surgeon General, consumption of alcoholic beverages can cause cancer, including breast and colon cancers.

Currently, all alcoholic beverage labels must include a warning statement regarding motor vehicle operation and drinking while pregnant. The law requiring that statement, passed in 1988, directs TTB to consult with the Surgeon General and “promptly report” to Congress if “available scientific information” justifies a change in the statement. The petitioners argue that the time has come for TTB to fulfill that reporting duty and update the warning accordingly.

The groups point to the Surgeon General’s 2016 report as key evidence of the need to update the warning. The report documents the link between alcohol consumption and cancers of the breast, oral cavity, esophagus, larynx, pharynx, liver, and colorectum. “Even one drink per day may increase the risk of breast cancer,” the report states.

The Surgeon General’s conclusions are also consistent with those of other public health authorities, such as the National Cancer Institute, which points out on its website that “there is a strong scientific consensus that alcohol drinking can cause several types of cancer.” Even “light” and “moderate” drinking have been tied to various cancers.

More recently, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the group responsible for issuing and updating the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, recommended that the 2020 guidelines lower the limit of alcoholic drinks per day for men down to one, in part because of cancer risk.
Is Dream11 a scam?
Tags: Blockchain, Regulation, Dream11, Gambling, India

After playing my first ever Dream11 contest, I have no doubt in my mind that this is indeed gambling and it is not just “a game of mere skill”.

3 reasons why I know Dream11 is gambling

NCHAN317JK ended up winning 1 crore in one of the IPL contests.

If it were more skill-based, then the winners would show consistency by having a better track record. I haven’t even come close to the top 60th percentile in any match, yet I won 5 out of 10 against this user NCHAN317JK. There is no limit to the number of predictive analysis a dream11 contestant can do from pattern recognition to how teams match up with one another, venue statistics, batting or bowling first…but at the end of the day, luck trumps everything. It all boils down to correctly predicting the highest and second highest scorer to get 2x points for captain and 1.5x points captain. This is the only way to win a mega contest and rank 1st against 4–6 million players, on top of getting atleast the top 8 out of the 9 remaining DT players. “You know it when you see it” — just like you know what separates art from porn. Dream11 is 💯 gambling where you end up selecting players similar to picking your lucky numbers in a game of roulette. Analyzing the frequency of the yellow DT badge for players from past matches is similar to finding a pattern in the frequency of red or black. (hint: there is no pattern)

You need more skills to win a game of poker than to win a Dream11 contest.

I am all for legalization of nationwide gambling. In a free country, one must be allowed to do whatever they desire. (in respect with basic laws)

Legalization = Regulation

Are there fake winnners?

Transparency, Trust and Responsibility are the 3 pillars of Dream11’s Fair Play!

Why do I think Dream11 needs to be regulated?

Besides the fact that it is clearly gambling, I am very skeptical about Dream11’s authenticity and feel there might be fake winners.

“The teams cannot be updated/edited post the deadline of the respective match.”

Are we just taking their word for it?! How is the above statement verified? Is there anything in place to make sure Dream11 adheres to Fair Play? Are there any external teams/firms/regulators to check their codebase and algorithm?!

They need external regulators. Perhaps the entire contest needs to be on the blockchain using smart contracts.

With smart contracts, users can be sure that indeed no teams have been updated or edited post the deadline of the match!

This way we only need external regulators to make sure nothing is tampered with in terms of Dream11’s data structures, codebase and algorithm.
A First for Tokenization in Mexico; The US SEC is Paving the Way to Digital Asset Adoption; Institutional Players & the DeFi Sector
Tags: Regulation, Defi, Tokenization, Digital Asset, Tokenized Real Estate

A First for Tokenization in Mexico; The US SEC is Paving the Way to Digital Asset Adoption; Institutional Players & the DeFi Sector RedBlock Nov 12, 2020·6 min read

RedBlock Newsletter: Week Ending November 15th

First off, this week has been one to celebrate because, as you may have read if you’ve been on our Twitter, we are now officially operating out of Shenzhen! This momentous development positions us perfectly and reaffirms our commitment to being industry leaders.

You can read all about it in our full press release.

This week’s research report covers our partners at Securitize! Check that out in our digital securities research hub: https://www.redblockcap.com/research

Our newsletter has more developments from the US in terms of regulatory clarity, a groundbreaking development from our partners at Vertalo, and more strong indication that institutional players are embracing DeFi and digital asset technology. Read on to get those stories and more highlights from the world of digital assets in our newsletter below!
OCC National Payments Charter: The Way Forward?
By: Timothy Lam
Tags: Fintech, Regulation, Payments, Technology, Banking

Brian Brooks, the acting Comptroller of the Currency took over the role from Joseph Otting on May 29, 2020, and wasted no time in making his mark on the regulatory agency, announcing his intentions to bring FinTech to the forefront of the agency’s priorities. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) primarily serves to supervise, regulate, and charter national banks, including financial institutions such as Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase. With Brooks at the helm, the agency not only proposed the “true lender” rule, which clarifies relationships between banks and third-parties, such as a marketplace lender, but also a “payments charter”, a special purpose national bank charter for payments companies.

Photo by CardMapr on Unsplash

The Payments Charter has the ability to bring FinTechs into the consumer mainstream. Payment companies would have the prestige of a national charter under the supervision of the OCC, giving consumer confidence in their services. So for Version 1.0 of the Payments Charter, Brooks laid out a national version of a state money transmission license that provides the advantage of a national platform with pre-emption from the states. There are significant advantages for payment companies to operate under a federal charter rather than a smattering of state money transmitter licenses. Operating under a state-by-state basis, a payments company would need to handle varying requirements, resulting in consequential operational challenges.

Brooks’ experience in the FinTech industry, having recently held the role of Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase and sat on the board of directors of Avant, Inc., a marketplace lending and technology platform company, bodes well for the FinTech industry. In his initial statement since becoming acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brooks said “we should support banks’ use of new technology, products, and models that safely and fairly accelerate the velocity of money, create greater financial inclusion and empower consumers and businesses with more control over their financial affairs.”

Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash

As innovation is a “personal passion” of his, it will be fascinating to see how the OCC leads the way in financial innovation and digital technology in the banking industry. According to an Accenture study, with $500 billion in incremental revenue from the payments industry up for grabs over the next 6 years, the payments industry is increasingly competitive. Recent acquisitions from Visa and Mastercard, two incumbent players in the payments market, further highlight this cutthroat nature.

With the pandemic accelerating the digital first nature of banking, it is important that FinTech’s continue to innovate and are appropriately regulated in order to best serve the American consumer.
5 Scientifically Proven Benefits Of Meditation
Tags: Health, Life, Skills, Lifestyle, Meditation

5 Scientifically Proven Benefits Of Meditation

Benifits Of Meditation Is Uncountable.

Originated From Indian Subcontinent In Approximately 5000 To 3500 BCE ( Before The Common Era ) Meditation Gained A Huge Popularity Among People .

Originally originated from Hinduism, Meditation Appreciated By All Religions For It's Benifits.

Now You're Wondering How Meditation Can Help You In Creating Your Healthy And Peaceful Life .. What Are The Benefits Of Meditation?

So Here Is The 5 Scientifically Proven Benefits Of Meditation
Effective 4 steps to learn a new skill in 20 hours only.
Tags: Quicklearn, Learning, Skills, Skills Development, Productivity

Many times in your life till now you might have heard that, it takes 10,000 hours to learn new skill. But here you will think so I’ll have to invest my 10,000 hours which are equal to almost 3 year of your working hours. And you might be kick out the thought of learning a new skill by reading that.

But here 10,000 hours is a amount of hours which is calculated by researcher from the best player of the world. And by that they given this amount of time.

To master or being expert of a skill takes 10,000 hours. Not to learn a new skill. So if you have such type of stupid thought in your mind which push-down you to learn a new skill then remove it right now. And go ahead apply the 4 steps to learn a new thing in 20 hours.

Here 20 hours are not mean to stuck with that particular skill for 20 hours continuously. You can set it as you wish. Such an example, you can learn it for 1 hour for 20 days Or 2 hours for 10 days.
eLeanSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) Certified!
By: Octavian Mihail Romanescu
Tags: Information Technology, Penetration Testing, Learning, Skills, Cybersecurity

Long time no see

Some time has passed since myvery first post, and some major changes have taken place in my life. I’ve started working at IBM in June as an IT Specialist in the Global Technology Services division. I also enrolled in a MS in Cybersecurity. I know MS are not seen as something very useful in the infosec field because everything evolves extremely fast (SolarWinds hack for example), but for the HR offices in my country they are a +. I also got my hands on some certifications from the cybersec field.

eJPT Course & Exam

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step, and this was the first move of this ride I’ve embarked on. The course was perfectly planned for the pace of newbies to learn the most useful tools one by one. In my case, except one or two I already knew them . The videos and labs were also a plus, as they helped to understand the things from the slides. I spent like two weeks doing the course. For somebody who has more free time, it can be done in one week or less.

And now let’s talk about the exam. You have 72 hours to answer 20 questions about the assigment you get, and to pass you have to get at least 15 correct answers. You get a letter of engagement in which you get some info about the scope; just like in a real life penetration test of a company.

I spent more or less 10 hours in the exam. I could have done it in a shorter period of time, but I got down some rabbitholes because I though the things were more complicated then they looked. In the end I got %90 et voilà:

The exam was all practical, just like a real life pentest assignment proposed by a company. It was mostly entertaining and I’m looking forward to doing more lookalike exams.

IBM Cybersecurity Analyst

I also got Coursera’s IBM Cybersecurity Analyst certificate. It consisted of 8 different courses about different fields in Cybersecurity, from SIEM and Incident Response to Penetration Testing and Information Management. You also have to do some practical assignments. After you finish all the courses, you have to take an exam about everything you’ve learnt and get above %80 to pass.

Next steps

Here is the list I’ve got for the upcoming certifications, courses and exams I intend to do/get, to aquire fundamental knowledge and to demostrate the skills I learned.

I know CEH is a multiple choice exam, and little has to do with real life cybersec, but it the eyes of the HR is gold.

Thank you for reading, and see you soon (I hope).
Calling someone “talented” is kind of an insult
By: Mickey Mellen
Tags: Talent, Seth Godin, Rudy, Skill

While I’ve certainly called people “talented” over the years, and meant it as the highest kind of compliment, it might be taken differently than that.

As Seth Godin says in The Practice, “talent is not the same as skill.” He goes on to define each word:

Talent is something we’re both with: it’s in our DNA, magical alignment of gifts. Skill is earned. It’s learned and practiced and hard-won. It’s insulting to call a professional talented.

If someone has spent thousands of hours becoming an expert at what they do, calling them “talented” is taking away the effort and attributing it to the luck of how they were born.

Rudy sacks O’Hara in practice

A great example of this is from the film “Rudy”. If you’ve somehow not seen it, it’s the mostly-true story of Dan “Rudy” Ruettiger walking on to the Notre Dame football team and eventually getting to play in one game. When it comes to talent, he had none, but fought hard to make the team.

The running back on the team, Jamie O’Hara, is the opposite. Loads of talent, no earned skills. On the last day of practice, Rudy is pushing hard while O’Hara is coasting, and the coach laments O’Hara’s lack of effort throughout his career:

Rudy is sort of the type of guy you kinda want to hate in that scene, acting rather cocky, but the lesson holds true. Rudy had no talent, but worked to improve his skills, while O’Hara had tons of talent but was a slacker.

The best of both

Ideally, you can find something that you have some natural talent in, and then develop the skills to go with it. As famous NBA player Larry Bird has said:

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Being Pedantic

All of that said, I’ll likely still call some people “talented” as a compliment, as it’s unlikely to be taken as an insult, but knowing the difference is important.

You can’t change your talent level, but you have your whole life to improve your skills. Go level up.
Raspberry Pi : Agent of Change. The Raspberry Pi project reminds us…
By: Jonathan Beckett
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Skills, Future, Computers, Technology

Unanticipated success

The idea seems to have worked — and then some. Initial demand saw several hundred people a second registering interest with production partners of the project. Over the first weeks, over two million people pre-ordered the tiny computers — many were caught up in the excitement and had no idea what they might use the computers for — they still don’t know.

The success of the Raspberry Pi caught everybody off guard — spawning school computer programming clubs, an explosion in the “maker” community, and copy-cat hardware projects throughout the world. This year has seen the launch of the “Raspberry Pi 400” — a return to the 8 bit form factor roots of those who flagged the skills gap and designed the Pi. It has sold-out almost everywhere in the run-up to Christmas.
What is the Correct Number of Board Members on Your Board?
By: Debi Peverill
Tags: Diversity, Governance, Skills, Board Members, Productivity

Here you have a question that can only be answered by saying “it depends”. However, there is some value in talking about what the answer actually depends on.

I have identified the following criteria for board size:

- Diversity

- Skills

- Geography

- Number of committees

Diversity — how diverse is your stakeholder group? If we accept that a board should be a more or less faithful representation of the group members and the stakeholders, then, if that group is very diverse we will need more board members. We need to see a roughly 50/50 split between genders on the board, as that is how the world is set up. We need representation from each age group of our stakeholders. We need to see racial diversity, if 40% of the members or stakeholders identify as people of colour, then so should the board members. We need board members who have disabilities if we are going to get an opinion on the accessibility of our programs and services.

Skills — What skills do we need on our board? Do we need public relations, fundraising, and human resources? We will need financial expertise and from time to time most groups need legal advice. Will your group need engineers or architects? When determining board size, the more skills you need the more board members you might require. Of course, one person can meet more than one criterion, each person has a gender, a race and some skills, of course.

Number of committees — does the organization have a lot of committees? If so you may not need as many board members, because the committees do a lot of the work that other organizations do at the board level.

Geography — if the group is a national one, then it would be expected that in addition to all of the above criteria that the group also have representation from each province or state. The bylaws may even require that each region have a representative. This will obviously affect the size of the board, particularly in the USA.

Is there a board size that is too big? Or in other words — why would there be a restriction on the size of a board? In some cases, certain board members are less likely to contribute their opinion in a large group. In some cases, quorum is harder to obtain. Most quorums are calculated at half of the board plus one. If your board has 25 people on it then quorum is 13, if your board has 12 people on it then quorum is 7. Clearly 7 board members at a meeting is easier to get than 13.

Some board members prefer a larger board under the assumption that many hands make light work. The more people available to perform tasks the fewer tasks that will be assigned to one particular board member.

One can also assume that more members will lead to longer meetings and longer meetings are not generally desirable.

Having said all of this, the general recommendation is that a board have enough members to provide diversity of opinion and skills but not be so large that the meetings and governance thereof is unwieldy.
Be Valuable, Not Successful.
By: Kristy Bertenshaw
Tags: Success, Personal Growth, Skills, Ideas, Personal Development

When given an opportunity to aim for success or value, always choose value— success will follow.

Wake up each day and focus on how to add value to

Our Family,

Our Friends,

Our Business Partners & Colleagues,

Our Customers & Clients,

Our Neighbours,

Our Communities, and

Ultimately,

The World.

Focus on gratitude, and

Trading expectations for appreciation.

The goal is not to be successful.

The goal is to be valuable.

Once you are valuable, instead of chasing success, it will attract itself to you.

How can we add value?

Expertise & Specialisation,

Creativity,

Creating Raving Fans,

Becoming obsessed with fulfilling your customers and clients wants, needs and desires better than anyone else in the marketplace can.

Productivity,

Work Ethic, Integrity & Commitment.

Efficiency and Effectiveness,

Influence & Persuasion,

Celebrity Status, Reputation & Credibility.

Being an inventor, producer, or master/mistress of numbers.

Mastering Networking & Masterminds.

Our Personality.

“We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,… but we get paid for the value, not the time.”

― Jim Rohn
What skills does an entrepreneur need to have?
Tags: Need To Have, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Skills, Skills Development

So… I’m going to say something here that will be wildly unpopular and controversial.

Don’t write me off yet. I’ll make my point soon.

There’s only one skill you really need to get started as an entrepreneur…

And school DOES teach you this skill! It does, if you go about it in the right way.

Most complain about school not preparing them for the “real world”. They’re upset that school teaches them to solve stupid random problems like square roots, chemical formulas and analysis of random historical essays. They never see a real world use for these things, so they tune out their teachers, cheat, and never learn the ONE thing that will be the MOST valuable to them in the long run…

The most valuable skill any entrepreneur can have is a growth mindset.

I think to create a business out of thin air, you need to be radically curious. When you’re curious about the world, and you want to learn more about the world, you start to uncover ideas and ways that the world could be improved. You’ll find some random niche-maybe a combination of materials that improve a product, or a historical principle/skill that could be coached on or marketed, or a basic financial formula that you’re able to tweak to your advantage. You become an expert in this random thing and solve it better than anyone else.

See the irony here?

You were complaining about school teaching you to solve random problems… and then, as an entrepreneur, you make your millions by becoming curious about and solving a random problem!

Look, I know it’s popular to hate on school.

I know that there is SO much about schooling that could be improved.

But if you can come at it from an angle of positivity rather than negativity.

If you look at school as a way to cultivate a growth mindset, to learn how to solve random problems, and to become a lifelong learner….

Man, you’ll be light years ahead of everyone else.

And with that mindset, carving out your little niche in the world-creating a business out of thin air, that provides job and wealth for yourself and your employees, and value for your customers-that stuff will come naturally to you.

Because you’ve cultivated that growth mindset in your youth.
Unconscious Bias
Tags: Skills, Stereotyping, Bias, Unconscious Bias, Implicit Bias

We, like everybody else, have our own desires and dreams. And we are all working towards those goals of ours. And it is our responsibility to equip ourselves with the necessary skills and remove the factors which are detrimental to achieving the same. This might seem like an unusual introduction seeing the heading of the article. But let me elaborate.

The times are changing fast. We now live in a global society with more exchanges and interactions than ever before. Having a diverse and inclusive environment has been accepted as the key to success. Hence the decisions we take and the mindsets we keep is very much significant and have far reaching consequences than before. That is where unconscious bias and our attitude towards it plays a role.

Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. Everyone holds unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups, and these biases stem from one’s tendency to organize social worlds by categorizing. Psychologists suggest that it is due to the tendency of our brains to seek patterns. We live in a very complex world. It is impossible to process every bit of information that comes our way. Our brains try to simplify the world by creating shortcuts. Trouble erupts when it seeps into the decision-making process. To combat this, companies have developed courses to tackle unconscious bias in the workplace.

The first step in rectifying this is to acknowledge one has unconscious bias as none are immune to it. Second is to treat everyone as an individual and give time to know them and understand them without looking into their race, gender, religion, caste, skin color etc. Then train yourselves to be more empathetic. Putting yourself into their shoes is the best way to change yourself innately and negate your biases. All this helps you and everyone around you to be at the maximum potential. Clear and unbiased understanding leads to success.

As a friend of mine says “Everyone looks at life through a lens. The point is to be aware of the lens we have”.

Sources:

https://diversity.ucsf.edu/resources/unconscious-bias

https://www.techquila.co.in/implicit-bias/
Your Degree In Recognition Skills
By: Hassan Mushtaq
Tags: Bunsiness, Skills, Degree Vs Skill, Management, Degree

Of course, we all majored in recognition skills at high school. Being positive comes as second nature to everybody and we never focus too much on faults. Unfortunately there the fairy tale must end. Complaining, it seems, is a much more developed skill than praising and many people find it difficult to be only positive. It is as if they can’t help themselves adding a crushing blow. Like Carolyn Burnham (Annette Benign) in “American Beauty” when she praises her daughter Jane (Thora Birch) for her cheerleading performance, she says, “I was watching you very closely, and you didn’t screw up once.”

Language

It is often said that, in communication, we get the response we deserve. Bear this in mind when you next ask for an additional task to be undertaken. Listen to the words that you use. Do you apologize, saying:

“I’m really sorry that I have to drop this on you”

Do you antagonize, saying:

“Whether you like it or not you’ll have to do this by 5pm.”

Do you empathize, saying:

“I know this is a pain, but it really needs to be done.”

Do you sympathize,…
When I chose to learn digital marketing to promote my business…
By: Khyati Joshi
Tags: Digital Marketing, Skill, Antony Chacko, 21 Days Career Kickstart, Alpha Marketer

When I chose to learn digital marketing to promote my business…

We are launching a website for our travel clothing brand “The Boarding Pass”. Currently we depend on our Instagram account for sales, but I always thought we need to promote our product aggressively, I must train myself for promotions on various platforms. And one day I came across an amazing digital marketing course, Alpha Marketer’s 21 days kickstart challenge. Please watch attached YouTube video to know how it changed my life.

After finishing this course I am 100% confident that I will be able to handle social media campaign successfully. I am amazed looking at the transformation this course has brought into my life, from a confused entrepreneur to a confident, skilled professional !!

And if it worked for me, someone who was not that tech savvy, it can work for anyone. Antony sir has more than a decade of experience in digital marketing. He along with his staff is always available for students. once in a week, students get to talk directly with him via zoom meeting. Students also get access to unique Alpha Marketer community.

If you are someone who is in search of digital marketing course, Please give this course a try, you have nothing to loose as it is totally free of cost provided you finish it within 21 days.

Check this free training to get more idea.
Podcast “El interior de Alexa”: novedades de APL y APLA
By: Xavier Portilla Edo
Tags: Podcast, Amazon, Skills, Virtual Assistant, Alexa

Learn more. Medium is an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Learn more

Make Medium yours. Follow the writers, publications, and topics that matter to you, and you’ll see them on your homepage and in your inbox. Explore
I like the sound of the four c’s. I will make sure to follow your advice.
By: Ashley Noel
Tags: Advice, Writing About Writing, Practice, Writing Tips, Skills

I like the sound of the four c’s. I will make sure to follow your advice.
Google Form 技巧 —Get an email for new form responses
By: 胡家維 Hu Kenneth
Tags: Office, Tips, Skills, Google Form

Google Form 技巧 —Get an email for new form responses

source from https://unsplash.com/photos/eveI7MOcSmw

We want to get the notification when someone fills in the form.

Step1 : In the panel above the form, click the Responses tab.

Step 2 : Click More Get email notifications for new responses.
Healthy Habits Entrepreneurs Should Adopt
By: Destry Witt
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Healthy Habits, Skills

Entrepreneurs, ultimately, are responsible for their success. Therefore, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a vital part of ensuring you’re successful. Below, we’ve outlined some of the best healthy habits you should make a part of your daily routine.

Wake Up Early

An early start to the day has many benefits, reasonably speaking. However, more than anything, having an early start to the day allows you to take personal time before you go to work or attend to other commitments. Research has shown that individuals who take 30 minutes to an hour a day before work are happier and are less likely to experience work-based burnout.

Eat Breakfast or Have a Smoothie

Another essential habit you should develop as an up-and-coming entrepreneur is a regular breakfast routine. You’ve likely heard the phrase “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” a time or two in your life. Breakfast helps kick-start the brain, allowing you to be more productive and have more energy throughout the day.

Take Time to Meditate

While meditation can be difficult, taking even 15 minutes a day to meditate allows you to clear your mind, slow down and be present in the moment. It gives you the ability to reflect on your personal goals, remind yourself of where you are, and create a mindset that will allow you to get to where you want to be.

Exercise Daily

Exercise is also essential for many reasons. Regular exercise helps release energy from the body, helping you sleep better at night. It also helps reduce the adverse side effects of stress, anxiety, and depression — which thousands of individuals across the world battle. Plus, it has dozens of health benefits. Ultimately, it keeps your blood pumping and helps relieve the tension built up throughout the day.

Maintain a Regular Sleep Schedule

Entrepreneurs often suffer from exhaustion. Maintaining a regular sleep schedule, however, helps negate this exhaustion. It allows you to be more productive and ultimate to perform better daily. Realistically, it’s the crucial step to developing any routine.

These are just a few of the healthy habits successful entrepreneurs adopt . Ultimately, habits breed success, so assuming these practices can improve entrepreneurs’ overall health.
What are the most important soft skills to have?
Tags: Soft Skills, Soft Skills Training, Skills, Important, Skills Development

“Soft skills have more to do with who we are and what we know”

Have you ever faced a rejection even after being more qualified or having studied in a better university than most of your competitors? If your answer is yes, it is probably because you lacked the soft skills that the employer was looking for.

You can have all the technical skills in the world but if you don’t have soft skills, you will not be able to achieve the success you want. Below are a few soft skills you should have in order to achieve your goals- in your workplace and life.

1. Emotional Intelligence

With the increase in the importance of work culture, teamwork, etc., employers are seeking individuals who have a high EQ. Emotional Intelligence refers to an individual’s “ability to recognize, understand, manage, and reason with emotions.” People with higher EQ are preferred as they are self-aware, show empathy, and can handle themselves better during highly stressful situations. They are a great asset to the team.

2. Communication Skills

“Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.”

A person who can not only speak effectively but also listen, goes a long way in life. Not only are communication skills sought after in offices and workplaces, but also in life. The way you express yourselves- verbally and non-verbally matters a lot.

3. Leadership Skills

Leadership skills are extremely crucial to have if you want to climb the ladder not just in your workplace, but also in your life. Being a leader doesn’t just mean handling your team. It also refers to inspiring your team, pushing them to create something out of their comfort zones, thinking innovatively, and having a positive outlook. It refers to the capacity to translate vision into reality.

4. Problem-solving skills

Everyone faces hurdles in their lives. It is those who get up and solve them actively instead of ignoring them who go really ahead in their life. A problem-solver will see an obstacle as an ‘opportunity’ to showcase his talent.

What are you waiting for? Start reading and learning these skills ASAP!
Mis-Education Part 2
By: Chuka Nwabuogor
Tags: Self Education, Chukatalks, Learning, Skills, Education

In my previous post, I shared about the idea of mis-education and how some people may have missed education.

Here’s the link to part 1.

https://chukwuka-nwabuogor.medium.com/mis-education-acbd4c4e50e

Today, I’m sharing about how we can reconnect to the kind of education that matters to us and counts for something.

First. School is not a scam and dropping out is not the best option.

Second: Education is not limited to the four walls of a University or a particular course. If your school didn’t give you your skill/dream course, you can choose what you want to study online or offline. (That’s the essence of education — the ability to choose or decide what is good for you). We don’t need anyone’s permission or approval for our education.

We need to take responsibility for our future and our education. Our system is doing what it could do and it’s improving too. It’s time to take our future into our hands and get another kind of education that ensures forward motion.

You know, education becomes interesting when we study courses related to our area of skills, gifts and talents.

Imagine how easy it would be if people are in school studying their skill courses like comedy, studying music full time, studying football, studying writing, studying make-up, studying graphic design, fashion design, web design. Imagine.

Time is of essence, hence the need to channel all of our experience and education to areas of our strength, skills and potential.

See, success is not in short supply and its not dependent on the course or the school you’re attending. Anyone, anywhere with determination and resolve can change their lives for good.

Here’s the idea: embrace self education. Educate yourself. Pick yourself. Pick your course. Choose your education.

You have all the tools
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How old is too old to adopt a new set of skills?
By: Ayesha Tariq
Tags: Self Improvement, Development, Learning, Skills, Learning To Code

How old is too old to adopt a new set of skills?

The latest on career development is that we people will need a whole new set of skills for the future job market — coding, machine learning and various other tech skills.

So what about someone who’s in the middle of their career. This is what I hear — “I’m too old to learning these things now”. I’m sure a lot of us have doubts about our skills and whether we’re becoming obsolete. It would seem that computers will be doing our jobs in the next 10 years. But, that does that really mean that we can’t adapt and stay relevant.

But, it’s never too late to learn.
7 Principles That Made Me a Full-Time Writer
By: Nuno Fabiao
Tags: Writing, Self Improvement, Principles, Writing Tips, Skills

7 Audacious Principles That Will Boost Your Writing Skills

Photo by Domenico Loia on Unsplash

Don’t just plant a tree, plant an orchard.- Benjamin Hardy

Millions of people live their priceless lives without even understand this principle.

Unfortunately, many of us live and die without having the opportunity to be taught about the principle of sowing and reaping.

The first person that taught me this principle was my all-time best mentor, Mr. Jim Rohn.

The lesson about the sowing started with the sower. He was ambitious and had excellent seed. The first part of the seed planting went wrong, cause birds ate them.

Jim Rohn then said, lesson number one: the birds are gonna get some of the seed.

Yet, you ask yourself: what does that mean?

Jim continues with another parable:

I’ll have an important meeting and I invite John my best friend, to be there, because it can be good for him too. He says he’ll be there Tuesday night. Tuesday night I show up, John isn’t there. I think: I wonder why John didn’t make it.

The answer: the birds.

I never forgot those lessons, and probably half of the complaints I did in the past disappeared because of the birds.

There will always be something getting in people’s way to avoid them pursue their dreams. And we have always two choices:

Chasing the birds;

Keep sowing.

If you opt to chase the birds, you’ll have a problem. You leave the field. Which will distract you from your future. Birds will always be there. But you have a choice. You will always have the power to decide.

I usually use a fabulous phrase Jim Rohn taught me when things get weird: isn’t that interesting? And then I move on. I never think about it again.

If you keep sowing, you can always sow so much more than the birds can’t get, cause there aren’t enough birds.

You will come to cross many birds, cause there are birds everywhere (actually, you can call them anything, even nasty words). In your family, in your work, even in your head.

But remember, you have always two choices.

Chasing birds or keep sowing.
AfricaGameDev — Epic Megagrant. LudiqueWorks is excited to partner with…
By: Douglas Ogeto
Tags: Africa, Game Development, Innovation, Skills, Videogames

LudiqueWorks is excited to partner with the AfricaGameDev project supported by Epic Games within the framework of Epic MegaGrants.

This project will be implemented in partnership with companies, schools, universities and organizations from 10 African countries who wish to develop the skills of young people passionate about the creation of video games and thus offer them new job opportunities and of creation of StartUps.

This project will target young developers between 18 and 30 years old. We will select 250 young people who will participate in the project with a quota of 25 young people from each country grouped in 5 teams who will benefit from training and coaching sessions for the production of video game prototypes or immersive applications related to the cultural heritage of their countries.

This project is a package including:

a.)training sessions,

b.)a support program for the production of prototypes
Blender sculpting journey #2
By: Dominique Hopman
Tags: Blender, Learning, Skills, Sculpting

how to improve without getting better skills? This will be the focus of this article.

So how does this look? I don’t mind, just be honest. Let me answer the following question, What went wrong?

I did not use any reference material while I was sculpting. My brain does not store images that well so that I can sculpt heads. I just had to be honest with myself and focus to do some research work before I start next time. nevertheless, I had so much fun creating this head. Look at his mouth for a second and try to mimic it. You will laugh, I guarantee!

In short, use reference images to get instantly better results.

Day 2 sculpt

Day 2 sculpt

For my next sculpt I used the image below as a reference. But there is more, I did not just make a composition of images. I genially took the time to inspect the reference. It helped me to understand better how the mouth is constructed. Now I know better how the mouth is shaped, but I am still far away from being able to sculpt it properly

In short, take the time to study your reference before you start on your next masterpiece

I used PureRef to create this artboard. (some reference were not saved correctly)

Artboard as reference

Much better don’t you think? It helps a lot to just focus on a minor part of the head. Because it gives you less distraction and you have more time to spend on one spot.

Day 3, Mouth Sculpt

I hope you liked to read my short article!

there is more on my Instagram Page: DominiqueHopman

Cheers!
7 Steps to a Brilliant Mind
By: Lukas Schwekendiek
Tags: Self Improvement, Brain Training, Intelligence, Learning, Skills

#3. Start thinking outside the Box. Most of the greatest thinkers in the world thought outside the box. They found a new approach to something old that no one has ever thought of before.

The best way to approach this is to start philosophizing about life, the universe or impossible questions of ethics with friends. When you engage in philosophizing, the general rules are that you are accepting of others opinions, that there are no wrong or right answers, and that it is just a discussion of topics no one will know the answer to.

This will get you start to think about big topics in different ways and the more you do this the more you develop your brain to think about even the impossibilities.

Alternatively, or additionally, discuss the topics of your interest with as many knowledgeable individuals as possible. Be open to their opinions on the matter so that you have more information to draw upon.

4. Learn about all types of intelligence. Did You know there were nine types of intelligence? That means, to develop your brain to the maximum, you should attempt becoming a Master in all of these types of intelligence.

Obviously that is not nearly as easy as it seems. The question then is: What will you focus on first?

As we said above, this is determined by your Goal and the Intention you have. Some of these may do wonders for you, while others are trivial. Personally, I believe it to be best to find a balance among these and to develop them all to a similar level before moving further ahead with any one of them, since they are all important in different areas.

That being said, there will be one or two that will speak to you the most. Master them whilst getting the others up equally. You learn a lot more and master your own mind far better when you are flexible.

Image Source: 9 Types Of Intelligence — Funders and Founders

How do you best develop these 9 types? Below I have made a list including my top tip in Bold.
Principles of doing anything great
Tags: Expert Problem Solver, Leadership, Greatness, Skills, Productivity

Often we become a victim of the ‘Just do it’ mindset and as a result, we miss achieving great results. Here are three simple principles to do anything great. Think through these lines whenever you start on anything.

WHY: This is the most fundamental thing to know before you even start work on anything. In the process of getting the answer to ‘why’ question, you will create clarity in your mind, and if you find the right reason to do it, you will do it more passionately. Also, while thinking through ‘why’ seldom the problem statement itself changes. You find the more appropriate thing to do. If the answer doesn’t resonate well with you, then rather do not do it. Make sure you are fully convinced of this reason and you are ultra-clear on the problem statement.

WHAT: Now that you have found a good reason and motivation to do this. You need to know what exactly you need to do to fulfill the problem statement you obtained from the initial question. Try to find at least three answers to this question ‘What exactly needs to be done?’ and then choose the most appropriate one. In this process, you will realize that you have more than one solution for this.

How: Now you are halfway on your accomplishment. It is the final question that will decide the fate of your work. To answer this question correctly, generalize your problem statement. Mostly you will see the problem is trivial and has an obvious solution. Try to leverage the work others have already done to achieve it. Give enough time to think and explore as many options as you can. Finally, make sure the answer to ‘how’ caters to the first two questions.

Now it is time to do it and achieve great results!
So important and often forgotten.
By: Rachel Rogers
Tags: Skills, Parenting, Chores

So important and often forgotten. Children are much more capable than we think sometimes. My daughter has learned so much about gardening on her own, I showed her where to plant the seeds and she brought me veggies all summer and fall. My kids are in charge of feeding the pets because I do not have to tell them to do it — the pets do lol. My cat knows when the children wake and he waits in the shadows to attack their little feet until he is fed. That is a dose of reality! I taught my 9 year old how to do laundry simply so she never lets a hamper overflow! If she runs out of clothes — she knows why. I was inspired by a 20 something that had never done laundry and a teacher that taught her 6 year olds. They do not have chores , I’m not forcing them into labor— they understand the flow of the house, what it takes to make everyday things happen and they are part of it. My son is using his little plastic tools daily in this old house! Being an independent, responsible adult seems a lesson many missed out on.
How to improve your communication skills?
By: Yuval Bloomberg
Tags: Communication, Soft Skills, Communication Skills, Behaviour, Skills

Humans are communicative creatures, and this is one of our key characteristics. For much of the day, we talk or listen to what we have been told.

Communication is an essential skill in our workplaces and relationships with people. Good or bad communication will change our personal and professional future.

Even if you are very talented in what you do but communicate poorly, you will go far neither in the professional or social aspects.

Communication skills are divided into two areas:

The physical part The verbal part

The physical communication

Maintain hygiene - No one likes to talk or communicate with people who look sloppy or do not smell good. Even if this is online communication, the external appearance element is still essential. Keep your hands in the lower part of the body - Do not scratch your face, do not pry your nose, do not push fingers into your ears, do not bite your nails. All this is relevant for both face-to-face communication and online communication. Do not eat in front of people unless it is friends, family, or a planned event. Do not infiltrate the territory of the interlocutor - Keep a certain distance. When you are in online communication, do not sit too far or too close to the camera. The right space allows you to show from the shoulders up. Do not sit with your hands on your head - This is a disrespectful and rude pose. Maintain eye contact - Very relevant in face-to-face communication and online communication, where people tend to play with their mobile phone or answer emails. Do not sit in wide-leg punctuation - Relevant to face-to-face communication.

The verbal communication

Now let’s talk about the best communication rules for the literal part.
Ask Better Questions
By: Zoran Jambor
Tags: Answers, Questions, Learning, Skills, Improvement

Asking questions is a skill. It can be learned, it can be taught, and anyone can improve in it.

Read more, pay attention, listen carefully, think before you speak, and your questions will be better.

And with better questions, you’ll get better answers.