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Numbers, numbers, numbers…

As part of my effort to learn French, I was reading some passages of “Le Petit Prince” last weekend. There was one that directly struck me: Les grandes personnes aiment les chiffres. Quand vous leur parlez d’un nouvel ami, elles … Continue reading

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Salesmanship at Airbus

Yesterday I saw John Leahy, Airbus sales chief, in the corridors of the company for the first time since I arrived to Toulouse. At night, I found via Twitter this special report about him by Reuters. The report is a … Continue reading

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Start blogging

Today it’s been a year since I started this blog. I wrote the first post on February 9th 2010, and went live a few days later. I had been musing the idea of starting it for some months plus some … Continue reading

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New Year’s resolutions vs. goal setting

During the Table Topics session of last week’s Toastmasters Madrid meeting, a friend asked one of the members whether he was the type of person that used to set goals for himself or have New Year’s resolutions. The member was … Continue reading

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Summary of 2010

Let me share with you a brief recap of my 2010. This was a heavy learning year, to name a few learning experiences: I continued to study French, Toastmasters: I delivered some speeches at Toastmasters, received the CL and ALB … Continue reading

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TEDxMadrid 2010

Last Saturday, a friend and I attended TEDxMadrid, an independently organized TED event in which several speakers presented some “ideas worth spreading” as the TED slogan goes. The event took place in HUB Madrid, a “unique ecosystem designed to enable … Continue reading

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