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We were all fooled growing up in grade school. In your early years between the ages of 5 and 8, if your parents wanted to know whether you were considered ‘gifted’, you were given an Intelligence Quotient Test. Your score was, and still is, believed to be a valid indicator...

Over a year into the global COVID pandemic, and the property market in Spain is starting to recover. Now is the perfect time to invest in properties in sunnier climates while prices are low and demand is set to increase. So here are the top 5 reasons to buy property...

Respect is one of the invisible and vital elements that make organisations work smoothly and effectively – or not. When respect is present, operations flow well. When absent, there’s friction, which comes with high risks and potentially high costs. A recent report by McKinsey on COVID-19 and the Employee Experience,...

We seek to develop our businesses and obtain more fortune. Money is a sign of prestige and people often chase money even with online jobs to get the respect they want from society. At the same time, other parameters determine how accepted you can be from others. After all, it...

Coronavirus has struck and the landscape for many businesses in the tourism sector is hard. However, people are always willing to pay as long as they feel you offer some value with your product. To keep a business open and profitable you should not only focus on decreasing the expenses...

Pony Ma Huateng is back on top as China’s richest person. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media, and video games company. Ma Huateng, 49, who is also known as Pony Ma, cofounded Tencent in 1998. Tencent Holdings shares climbed by 7%...

I often hear leaders say that you have to push through or grind it out everyday in order to produce desired results. It’s like the 10,000 hour rule has been taken to the extreme in today's workplace and leaders are pushing teams to work as many hours as possible. Unfortunately,...

Covid-19 has hammered home something we already knew – that change is inevitable and often completely out of our control. It has also taught us that we have no choice but to accept it – good change, bad change, even change that we didn’t ask for. We can try to...

Real estate is a great industry especially if you are dealing with luxurious properties. At this particular moment, the sales prices in big cities decrease as a result of remote working has let big companies release some space in the building of big cities since their workers no need an...

The passions that divisive political and social issues invoke are making their way into all aspects of our lives — including the workplace.  For business leaders managing teams with differing views, growing tensions can have a significant impact on team morale, productivity and performance. But, at the same time, it’s...