Organizing Your Ideas 2

http://www.businessenglishpod.com/2012/10/28/business-english-skills-360-organizing-your-ideas-2/http://www.businessenglishpod.com/2012/10/21/business-english-skills-360-organizing-your-ideas-1/

If you ask my nephew, who is only 12, about The Beatles, he is able to rattle off a list of their most famous songs. It is truly impressive!

What are we usually asked to rattle off, on the spot in the business world?

What have you crossed out of your life? I´ve recently crossed some people out of my life; people who don´t add anything, and who try to hold me back.

And I have whittle down the number of things that I do a day. By doing so, I don´t try to do to much all at once anymore. Paring down the number of commitments I have a day has relieved a great deal of stress.

Whenever I have a special project, John´s name is always the one that immediately jumps out at me. He is a very dedicated, competent person, and he always comes up with some great and creative solutions. Furthermore, he always strives for excellence. Shooting for being the best has made him the best manager that we have ever had.

In addition, it is amazing how John can just peruse an outline of a project or a problem, and can immediately bring some great insights and ideas to the table.

I´ve order 100 books from Amazon.com to give them as gifts for my employees. As a token of appreciation, Amazon.com threw in a moleskine with each one of the books. That´s what I call a good customer service.

This attitute totally gels in with the company´s image of caring greatly about their customers.

Doesn´t matter what, I am going to go on a nice vacation this year. I have worked very hard, so I deserve it! I just need to figure out where to go. I am aiming for a nice and relaxing beach vacation. Any suggestions?

Now, read and listen to the podcast on organizing your ideas – part 2:

http://www.businessenglishpod.com/quiz/360SN-Organizing-Ideas2.pdf

In this video, Marie Forleo gives some suggestions for those who struggle when creating content.

• What are her tips on the topic?• Do you do any of the things that Marie suggests?• Do you have any other suggestions on the topic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wk56miklJs

On this Harvard Business Review blog post, Nancy Duarte lists ¨5 presentation mistakes that everyone makes¨.

Write a little summary of what you´ve read and answer the following questions while reading the article:

• Which of these mistakes have you made when delivering a presentation?

• Which of these mistakes is the worst one in your opinion?

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/12/avoid_these_five_mistakes_in_y.html