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空頭承諾

Steps To Curing Your Empty Promise Disease  By Scott Walchek  fastcompany

 

Time is precious, but being busy is no excuse to ignore the people you work with. Here are a few tips to help you distill your messages, and follow through.

1. It's OK to Say No

It's ok to say "no" or "not now." Really, a thoughtful "no" is often much better than a "yes" if there's little intention to follow-through on set expectations. One of our partners has become so notorious for making empty promises that his name is being used to describe the action of promising a certainty and then going completely silent. (As in, "yeah, I sent an email to the client last week and he totally Smithed me").

2. Reply Promptly

If you receive a follow-up communication and don't have time to offer a thoughtful reply, send a quick, "Got it. I'll review and get back to you in [timeframe]." If we truly value other people's time and the efforts they're making to build a partnership, then even if you haven't enough time to give a thorough response, a quick acknowledgement can be really effective.

3. Set Expectations

If you know that your schedule will restrict your ability to reply in a timely fashion, before ending your conversation, let the person know, "I may not be able to reply for some period of time…." While this may send a signal that you're less motivated, you set the proper expectations and build a bridge of trust.

4. Invite A Stalking

Sometimes when I know that I'm heading into a particularly busy period, I'll invite a partner to stalk me--by saying something like, "if you don't hear from me after x days, please feel free to connect with me or my assistant…and I won't be bothered if you are persistent." This signals that you're serious about the partnership, but you're aware that other priorities may subsume your attention for a period.

Not one of us is immune to the unkept promise pandemic. Whether we're tyrannized by technology, overrun by out-of-control demands, or we've acquiesced to lower standards--we may be displaying symptoms of this spreading malady. So perhaps it's time to apply ourselves to discovering an antidote.

Questions:

1. Why do people make empty promises?

Why do people break promises?

2. Have you ever broken a promise?

Have you ever made empty promises?

Ways to curing your empty promise problem?

3. Why keeping your promise is good for you?

4. What are some of the pros and cons of telling white lies?

5. Is it ok to say no? How to say no to people?

6. What to do if your girlfriend/ boyfriend keep breaking promises?

7. Can you forgive a promise breaker?

                 

陸客

Mainlander toddler pees in Hong Kong street, uproar ensues (shangaiist)

A family of mainland Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong have come under fire after video of their child taking a leak on a local street exploded online and stoked the fires of mainland/HK resentment..

Online reactions were very much polarised. The majority of online users in mainland China say they found the parents’ behaviour understandable as they had tried to find a toilet for their child.

“How many toddlers can hold on long enough when they want to relieve themselves?” said a commentator, who asked critics to show more tolerance of the parents.

Some pointed to a photo of the child relieving himself at the scene, which appeared to show the mother using a paper nappy to catch the urine, rather than simply allowing the toddler to relieve himself on the ground.

Other online users took a step further and condemned critics of the parents for “taking the moral high ground,” adding that their expectation of tourists unfamiliar with the city to find a public toilet in a short space of time was over the top.

 Chinese consumers buy half of global luxury goods: report

Global Times  By Chen Yang 

Chinese remain the most enthusiastic luxury shoppers around the world, with their purchases making up 47 percent of the global luxury market in 2013, an industry report showed.

Chinese consumers played a key role in sustaining the growth of the global luxury market, which grew by 11 percent year-on-year to $217 billion in 2013, Fortune Character magazine said in a report sent to the Global Times on Friday.

A similar research result published by consultancy Bain & Company in December said Chinese purchases made up 29 percent of the global luxury market last year.

In the Friday report's breakdown, consumption of luxury goods in the Chinese mainland stood at $28 billion yuan in 2013, up about 3 percent from a year earlier, while luxury goods purchased overseas reached $74 billion.

Questions:

1. What do you think that “mainlander toddler pees in Hong Kong street”?

2. What do you think about Chinese tourists?

Do you think that Chinese tourists behave so badly?

Why are Chinese tourists so rude?

3. Ways of behaving like a good tourist?

4. How to hold in pee when you can't use the bathroom?

What to do if you want to pee but can't find toilet

5. Have you ever pee in public?(be honest)

6. What do you think about Taiwanese public toilets?

7. Are you a fan of luxury brands? why or why not?

8. Why mainland consumers have a big appetite for luxury?

 

 

 

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周六(4/26)1. 購物快樂2.單車旅遊/流感/大陸客/高房價

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購物快樂

Shopping To Be Happy? Study Finds It Can Actually Reduce Sadness

by  Ellie Krupnick

Shopping Make Happy Can Shopping Make You Happy Retail Therapy Study Shopping Reduce Sadness Shopping Increases Happiness Polls Retail Therapy

Does shopping make us happier or sadder? There is much anecdotal evidence to support both sides (in fact, we often conduct our own research on the matter on weekends). But the latest academic study to tackle the question comes down on the side of happiness.

In a paper entitled "The Benefits Of Retail Therapy: Making Purchase Decisions Reduces Residual Sadness" in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, professors out of the University of Michigan argue that shopping can actually reduce our sadness. As the authors explain in their abstract, "Sadness is strongly associated with a sense that situational forces control the outcomes in one's life." Thus shopping, by restoring control over one's situation, can reduce sadness.

The study's experiments split subjects into actual shoppers -- "choosers" -- and those who just window-shopped -- "browsers" -- who were each shown 12 products. As the Independent reports, 79 percent of the choosers felt more in control while choosing, compared with 2 percent of the "browsers." The "choosers" were also three times less sad.

Of course, it's hard to pinpoint a universal definition of sadness; for some people, sadness means lack of control, but for others, it might stem from something else entirely. But the new study has previous findings on its side, like a 2011 paper that argued that shopping has lasting positive impacts on mood and that "the consumption of self-treats can be strategically motivated."

However numerous counter-studies have shown that shopping is a stressor, intensifying the effects of stress particularly in materialistic people. A 2011 report found that those who pursue material possessions tend to be less satisfied and experience fewer positive emotions every day. And a HuffPost survey found that people who are stress-shoppers also tend to be stress-eaters and "stress-exercisers" -- i.e. people who default toward the "flight" side of fight vs. flight and distance themselves from stress with unrelated activities rather than facing it head-on.

And not dealing with stress, anxiety and the major problems in your life could ultimately make you much less happy down the line.

 
 So does shopping makes us happier or sadder? If anything, we're just more confused. Tell us what you think.

Q:

Does shopping make us happier or sadder?

Do you think that shopping has positive impacts on mood?

What are the ways makes you happy?

What foods that can make you happier?

How to t deal with stress and anxiety?

How to stop being sad?

Ways to fight depression?

Ways to boost your mood?

How to quickly change a negative mood into a positive one?

 

新聞討論----單車旅遊/流感/大陸客/高房價

Senior Cyclists

Taipei, April 24 (CNA) A group of senior cyclists that includes a 90-year-old man returned to Taiwan Thursday after wrapping up an 18-day, 2,000-kilometer ride from Vancouver to San Francisco that ended Saturday.Taipei, April 24 (CNA) All 94 people who came into contact with a sick Chinese tourist have tested negative for the H7N9 avian flu virus with which the woman is infected, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Thursday.

Q:
What do you think of this group of senior cyclists ?

H7N9 avian influenza

The Chinese tourist was confirmed Tuesday as having H7N9 avian influenza, and two other tourists in the same group later developed related symptoms but have since tested negative for the virus, the CDC said.Taipei, April 24 (CNA) Over 90 percent of independent Chinese travelers who have been to Taiwan want to come back and over 50 percent plan to revisit the island within a year, citing their love for its rich folk culture, natural scenery and food, according to a recent survey by U.S.-based marketing researcher AC Nielsen.

Q:
What do you think about the H7N9 avian influenzaut  the H7N9 avian influenza issue? 

Chinese travelers

Following are excerpts from a United Daily News report on the survey, which studied the shopping behavior, average incomes and top destinations of Chinese independent travelers.Taipei Deputy Mayor Chang Chin-oh and Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford (no relation) on Tuesday met to discuss plans to deal with unreasonably
 Q:
What do you think about chinese travelers?
high real estate prices

The move followed an announcement by Premier Jiang Yi-huah that his Cabinet will seek to lower the price-to-income ratio in greater Taipei from the current 15:1 to 10:1 in just two years. The number represents how many years of income it takes a citizen on average to afford a home.

Taipei Deputy Mayor Chang Chin-oh and Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford (no relation) on Tuesday met to discuss plans to deal with unreasonably high real estate prices in the capital's property market.
Q:
What do you think about the high real estate prices in taiwan?
 

                                         

 

 

 

 

 

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周二(4/22)1.為甚麼要有錢?2.如何吸引異性

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Let Me Tell You Why You Must Become Rich! © Jay Onwukwe

Being RICH has obvious advantages because MONEY is one key empowerment you need to be a good and respectable father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, friend, etc.

 As a responsible man or woman, you must have at one time or another experienced the unpleasant feeling engendered by needing something but being unable to afford it; of genuinely wanting to help someone, your church, school, village or community but being unable to do so, due to lack of money.

 You may have helplessly watched a business opportunity slip away due to lack of capital. You may know of young people dropping out of school because their school fees could not be paid; or the sick dying at home due to lack of money to obtain medication.

 I believe money is good. Money increases your options in life. When you have lots of money, you are free within the bounds of legality to do whatever you like, whenever you want. The more money you have the better your options. When you are rich and financially free, you feel good because you can meet all your financial obligations, needs and wants. You can afford anything money can buy.

 When you attain that level of financial independence where money is no longer an issue in your life, your intellectual, spiritual and emotional energies are unbound and free to propel you to higher and superior accomplishments in other areas of human endeavour.

 When you are rich, you become greatly empowered to help others and to serve humanity in many more ways. When you are rich, you attract more opportunities for greater achievement and success in life. Success they say, begets more success.

 Being rich has obvious advantages. When all the individuals of a country are rich, then that country is truly rich. A rich and well to do society is easier to govern. Political democracy stabilises and grows in a society where majority of the people are rich and truly educated.

 When the populace is truly educated (not just literate) and prosperous, there is less corruption; and when there is less corruption in a society, there is more efficiency and growth in the social, business and economic sectors. In a rich and prosperous society, politicians are less likely to loot the national treasury. Political office aspirants are more likely to be motivated by the need to serve, than by the need to enrich themselves.

Questions:

1. Want to become rich? Why you must become rich?

2. Do you believe money is good and money increases your options in life?

3. What do you think the rich? Do you think you’ll be rich one day?

What is the skills you need to success and rich?

4. Money, power, love or fame: which one is more important to you? Why?

5. Can money buy respect? How to make people respect you?

6. When you were rich, will you willing to help others? How?

7. Do you agree the opinion of the writer that in a rich and prosperous society, politicians are less likely to loot the national treasury?

8. Can money buy everything? Does being rich make you happy?


如何吸引異性

5 Secrets To Attract Men Like Ants To Grape Jelly　By Lisa Daily
1. BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
Want to be the one who gets noticed? Stand in the center of the room. According to Dr. Albert Mehrabian, the author of several books and nationally-known expert in the field of spatial psychology, where you are in a room (and what you're doing) has a lot to do with your ability to attract the opposite sex. Where should you be for the highest impact and the greatest number of interested cuties? Smack-dab in the center of the room, standing up and moving around a bit. .2. THE COLOR LURE
What color can you wear to compel the opposite sex to approach you?
According to Color Consultant Leatrice Eiseman, Director of the Pantone Color Institute and author of Colors For Your Every Mood, says women should wear a pink- peach to make themselves most approachable. The color is "very flattering to most skin tones, it gives you healthy glow," and according to Eiseman, projects "a little vulnerability which brings out something protective in men."
Want to wear a color that weeds out guys who can't handle strong women? Try a deep red, burgundy or plum. Men who aren't attracted to strong women will steer clear.
Of all the colors, red is the most sensual. But, wear red with caution. "Red is the color of sex and power,".
 
3. BODY TALK THAT REELS 'EM IN
How do you use body language to attract the opposite sex?
The key is to make yourself approachable. According to nationally-respected body language expert and professional speaker, Patti Wood, you want to make yourself a "safe" (read approachable) target. How do you accomplish that? Don't take up a lot of space (which is a sign of power and superiority.) Wood says, "we are strong women, but remember, we're trying to get a man to come over and talk to us." She explains, "you have to show you have room for someone else in your life."
Body language tips for both sexes: Don't fold your arms and don't chew on gum, ice or your fingernails. According to Wood, the chewing indicates anxiety or frustration, neither of which are very attractive emotions.4. THE POWER OF A SMILE
Psychology and body language experts agree that one of the most important things you can do to make yourself more attractive (and approachable) is to smile. Not a great big plastic game-show smile, just your normal "I'm having a great time and I'm happy to be here" face will do the trick. According to Wood, "the smile is the international signal of friendliness."
5. TEMPTING WITH SCENT
Studies show that men associate the scents of cinnamon and vanilla with love. To make the scents work for you, try baking some ready-made cinnamon rolls about an hour before your date arrives, or, wear a cinnamon-vanilla scented perfume.

Questions:

1. In your opinions, what are the tips to attract the opposite sex?

Do you have any special ideas or experiences to attract the opposite sex?

2. What color wear can help to attract the opposite sex?

What do you think that saying "red is the color of sex and power,"?

3. How do you use body language to attract the opposite sex?

Can you tell  from his or her body language says he/she loves you?

4. How to be popular? Ways to be a popular person?

How to make a man/a woman fall in love with you?

5. Can men and women just be friends?

6. Do you think that using perfume is easily to to attract the opposite sex?

 

  
 












    





    
 

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