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This post is part of a series of posts about wedding etiquette. Check out the other posts in the series:

– Wedding Invitation Etiquette

– Wedding Guest Etiquette

## Wedding Cards

The wedding card is one of the most important pieces of wedding stationery. It’s the first thing guests see when they arrive at the wedding, and it’s the last thing guests will see before they leave the wedding.

It’s important to write a wedding card that reflects the couple’s personality and style, and that’s a lot easier to do than you might think. Here are some tips for writing an amazing wedding card:

1. Make it personal. Wedding cards should be personal, and they should reflect the personality of the bride and groom.

2. Personalize it. Personalize the wedding card with the bride’s and groom’s names, the wedding date, and the wedding location. If the couple is getting married in a different city than where they live now, include the city where the wedding is being held.

3. Include a photo. Include a photo of the couple on the wedding day. If you don’t have a photo, you can use a photo from the wedding website, or you can ask the couple to send a photo to you. Include the photo in the top right corner of the front of the card, or in the upper left corner if you’re using a fold-over wedding card. You can also include a photo at the bottom of the wedding invitation.

4. Keep it short. A wedding card should be short and sweet. You don’t want your wedding card to be so long that guests can’t read it. Keep it to two or three sentences.

## Writing a Wedding Invitation

Writing a wedding invitation can be a lot of fun, and there are a few things you should keep in mind when writing your wedding invitation:

1. Write it yourself. Writing your own wedding invitation is a great way to show off your creativity, and you’ll also be able to personalize it in a way that you couldn’t if you hired someone to write it for you.

2. Don’t forget to include the date. If you’re sending your wedding invitations by mail, you’ll need to write the date at the top of the invitation. If your wedding is taking place on a date that falls on a weekend or holiday, you may want to include that date in the invitation as well.

3. Be careful with the wording. Your wedding invitation should be clear and concise, but it should also be friendly and welcoming. You want your guests to feel like they’re invited to your wedding, not that they’re being forced to attend.

4. Have fun with it! You can be as creative as you want when it comes to the wording and design of your invitation. You’re the one who’s getting married, so you get to be the boss.

5. Send it out early. You’ll want to send your invitations out at least a month before your wedding date to give your guests plenty of time to RSVP. You’ll also want to make sure you have enough invitations to accommodate everyone who RSVPs.

6. If you’re having a destination wedding, include a map. It’s a good idea to include a detailed map of where you’re getting married so that your guests can find the location easily.

7. You don’t need to include your wedding website address on the invitation, but you can include it on the RSVP card.

If you have any other questions about wedding invitations, feel free to ask them in the comments section of this post!

We would like to invite you to join us in celebrating the joyous occasion of our marriage. We hope that you will join us for a celebration of our love for each other and our commitment to one another.

A tourism business proposal is a document that is used to sell your service or product to a potential client.

It is the first impression that your potential client will have of you and your business, so it is important that it is well-written and well-researched. A good proposal will help you to stand out from your competition and increase your chances of winning the business. It is also an opportunity for you to make a good first impression on your potential clients. If you do not know how to write a proposal, this guide will show you how to create a proposal that will make your potential customers want to hire you.

## What is a Tourism Proposal?

The purpose of a tourism proposal is to sell a service or a product. A tourism proposal can be used for any type of business, but it is most commonly used for tourism businesses such as hotels, restaurants, tour operators, tour guides, travel agents, and travel writers. In this guide, we will be using the term “tourism business proposal” to refer to a business proposal for a tourism business.

There are many different types of tourism business proposals. For example, there are proposals for hotels, proposals for restaurants, and proposals for tour operators. This guide will cover all of the main types of proposals that you will need to write.

## Types of Tourism Proposals

Tourism business proposals come in many different shapes and sizes. They can be as simple as a single page or as complex as a 10-page proposal. There are also many different sections that you can include in a proposal. Some of the most common sections include the following:

– Introduction – This is where you introduce yourself and your company to your potential customer. You should include your company name, address, phone number, email address, and any other information that you think is relevant to your business. You can also include any special offers that you may have for your customers.

– Services or Products – In this section, you should describe the services or products that you are offering to your customer. Make sure that you give a clear description of what you will be doing for your customer and what they will be getting in return for their money. You will also need to describe the benefits that your customer will get from using your services or buying your products. You can use this section to explain why your customer should hire you instead of your competitors. If you are selling a product, you may also want to include a sample of your product in this section so that your customers can see exactly what they are getting. This section is also a good place to include testimonials from previous clients that you have worked with.

-Target Market – This is the section where you describe who your customer is and what type of people they are looking to hire. You need to make sure that your target market is a good fit for your business and that your business will be able to provide them with the type of service or products they are searching for. You may want to describe your customer’s demographics, such as age, gender, income, location, and occupation. Make sure to include any relevant information that will help your customer make a decision about whether or not they want to work with you. Also, if you are a tour operator or a tour guide, make sure to describe what types of tours your customers are interested in. The more information you can provide about your customer, the easier it will be for them to choose you over your competitors, and the more likely it is that they will hire you to work for them.

– Pricing – You should always include a pricing section in your proposal. This section will show your customer how much they will have to pay for your services and/or products. It will also give them an idea of how much you charge for similar services and products in the same industry. This will help them to decide if they are willing to pay the same amount of money that you charge or if they would rather work with someone else. It can also be a good idea to include an estimate of how long it will take you to complete the project that your client has asked you to do. This gives your customer an idea as to how long they can expect to wait for their project to be completed. If they are not happy with the wait time, they may choose to hire someone else to do the work. It is important to be upfront and honest with your customer about the amount of time that you expect to take to complete a project. If your customer has a deadline that they need to meet, they will want to know if you can meet that deadline. If not, it may be best to find someone else who can do the job for less money. This way, your customer can save money and still get the work done on time.

Note: You should not include your hourly rate in the pricing section. Your hourly rate should only be included in the proposal if your customer specifically asks for it. This is because if they do not ask for it, it is possible that they may not want to pay you as much as they would if they knew how much it was going to cost them. This can also make you look like you are trying to get as much money out of your customer as possible. This may not be the impression that you want to give your customer at the beginning of a business relationship.

The 9 Best Books on Writing That’ll Help You Master Your Craft

You have several half-read books on writing stacked up on your nightstand, several more squirreled away in a desk drawer and a dozen more on book recommendations your Amazon wish list.

You scrutinize all the books that “customers also bought” looking for those one-of-a-kind books that will transform you into a great writer that clients and readers adore. You jump “inside the book” to read the table of contents and credits and page through the free preview.

Books have an uncanny power to teach us, to transport us, to move us light years beyond our ordinary lives. If we could only find the right books, the tried-and-true books written by trusted masters. So we keep looking.

And once in a while you find a writing book that speaks to your heart and gets to the core of what you’re struggling with right now. It changes you. It changes your writing. It changes your life.

The 3 Critical Disciplines You Need to Develop as a Writer

1. Brutal Honesty

First, you need to cultivate a brutal, raw honesty. You need to accept that not every power word, every emotional thought, every first draft, every adjective-loaded sentence that flows from your hot fingertips is precious.

I mentored many rookie reporters who had a cocky, almost swaggering pride at where their writing skills landed them out of college. A few weeks in a newsroom with a couple of crusty copyeditors exploded that attitude. Then, they were ready to listen.

Objectively, unemotionally and dispassionately analyzing your writing is one of the most valuable skills you can develop to further your writing opportunities. And as a side benefit, you’ll also be able to handle scathing criticism from ruthless editors.

2. Linguistic Appreciation

Good writing has a rhythm, that deliberate cadence the writer creates in your mind as you read. Marvel at the perfectly placed and exquisitely balanced use of illusion, surprise and metaphor, and crave to imitate it.

3. Insatiable Curiosity

Yes, writing is a solitary, emotional craft. And learning to improve our writing can feel like solitary confinement without guidance and reassurance. We can learn from teachers, from workshops, from books, but ultimately success is up to us, alone with our notepad or laptop.

10 Writing Books Every Writer Should Read

On Writing

Yet, when confronted with the idea of listening to his audiobook (narrated by the author himself), I decided to buy it and see what this bestselling author has to say about the craft. I don’t really know why I bought it; it just caught my eye.

I wasn’t expecting to learn as much as I did from his book. If you’ve read some of my articles on this site, you will have surely seen I quote him every two articles. On Writing is that good.

Best Quotes from On Writing

Let’s get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.

There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust all over your typewriter or computer station. He lives in the ground. He’s a basement guy. You have to descend to his level, and once you get down there you have to furnish an apartment for him to live in. You have to do all the grunt labor, in other words, while the muse sits and smokes cigars and admires his bowling trophies and pretends to ignore you. Do you think this is fair? I think it’s fair. He may not be much to look at, that muse-guy, and he may not be much of a conversationalist (what I get out of mine is mostly surly grunts, unless he’s on duty), but he’s got the inspiration. It’s right that you should do all the work and burn all the midnight oil, because the guy with the cigar and the little wings has got a bag of magic. There’s stuff in there that can change your life.

Perfect For: Any type of writer—fiction or nonfiction—who’s struggling to find their muse, who wants to know what it feels like to be a writer, and who wants to master the writing skills to become better at their craft.

The Elements of Style

Originally written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918 (yes, over one hundred years ago!), and edited in 1959 by E.B. White, this book is as useful today as it was back in the analog days of writing.

These rules continue to be pretty basic, but since they relate to the style of composition, they affect the way you write with more power than the previous grammar rules from the first section.

Coming from an era where writing wasn’t as simple as opening a laptop and writing anything you like knowing that you can erase what you write in one swoop, the authors emphasize the importance of clarity.

In the first section of the two mentioned, the authors talk about how to use parentheses, hyphens, and references—all highly technical concepts but still useful for anyone who wants to know the “standard” way of using those elements of writing.

In the second of the two, one of the largest of the book, the authors take a dictionary-like approach, talking about common homophones, homographs, and other commonly misused expressions. This section is meant to be used mostly as a reference point than as a tool for learning.

The final section, “An Approach to Style (with A List of Reminders)” minds itself on different writing style recommendations. I’ve found this section to be the most useful as it focuses on the actual elements of style.

Named by Time as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923, there’s hardly any better book to start working on your writing skills than with The Elements of Style. Do yourself — and your readers — a favor, and pick a copy.

Best Quotes from The Elements of Style

The use of language begins with imitation. […] Never imitate consciously, but do not worry about being an imitator; take pains instead of admiring what is good. Then when you write in a way that comes naturally, you will echo the halloos that bear repeating.

Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholesome, and sometimes nauseating. When writing with a computer, you must guard against wordiness. The click and flow of a word processor can be seductive, and you may find yourself adding a few unnecessary words or even a whole passage just to experience the pleasure of running your fingers over the keyboard and watching your words appear on the screen. It is always a good idea to reread your writing later and ruthlessly delete the excess.

Resource:

https://smartblogger.com/essential-writing-books/
https://contentfiesta.com/books-on-writing/

Sam Altman

I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up wanting the latter.

Here are 13 thoughts about how to achieve such outlier success. Everything here is easier to do once you’ve already reached a baseline degree of success (through privilege or effort) and want to put in the work to turn that into outlier success. [1] But much of it applies to anyone.

A medium-sized business that grows 50% in value every year becomes huge in a very short amount of time. Few businesses in the world have true network effects and extreme scalability. But with technology, more and more will. It’s worth a lot of effort to find them and create them.

You also want to be an exponential curve yourself—you should aim for your life to follow an ever-increasing up-and-to-the-right trajectory. It’s important to move towards a career that has a compounding effect—most careers progress fairly linearly.

You don’t want to be in a career where people who have been doing it for two years can be as effective as people who have been doing it for twenty—your rate of learning should always be high. As your career progresses, each unit of work you do should generate more and more results. There are many ways to get this leverage, such as capital, technology, brand, network effects, and managing people.

It’s useful to focus on adding another zero to whatever you define as your success metric—money, status, impact on the world, or whatever. I am willing to take as much time as needed between projects to find my next thing. But I always want it to be a project that, if successful, will make the rest of my career look like a footnote.

I think the biggest competitive advantage in business—either for a company or for an individual’s career—is long-term thinking with a broad view of how different systems in the world are going to come together. One of the notable aspects of compound growth is that the furthest out years are the most important. In a world where almost no one takes a truly long-term view, the market richly rewards those who do.

I remember when Elon Musk took me on a tour of the SpaceX factory many years ago. He talked in detail about manufacturing every part of the rocket, but the thing that sticks in memory was the look of absolute certainty on his face when he talked about sending large rockets to Mars. I left thinking “huh, so that’s the benchmark for what conviction looks like.”

Managing your own morale—and your team’s morale—is one of the greatest challenges of most endeavors. It’s almost impossible without a lot of self-belief. And unfortunately, the more ambitious you are, the more the world will try to tear you down.

Most highly successful people have been really right about the future at least once at a time when people thought they were wrong. If not, they would have faced much more competition.

Self-belief must be balanced with self-awareness. I used to hate criticism of any sort and actively avoided it. Now I try to always listen to it with the assumption that it’s true, and then decide if I want to act on it or not. Truth-seeking is hard and often painful, but it is what separates self-belief from self-delusion.

Entrepreneurship is very difficult to teach because original thinking is very difficult to teach. School is not set up to teach this—in fact, it generally rewards the opposite. So you have to cultivate it on your own.

Thinking from first principles and trying to generate new ideas is fun, and finding people to exchange them with is a great way to get better at this. The next step is to find easy, fast ways to test these ideas in the real world.

One of the most powerful lessons to learn is that you can figure out what to do in situations that seem to have no solution. The more times you do this, the more you will believe it. Grit comes from learning you can get back up after you get knocked down.

All great careers, to some degree, become sales jobs. You have to evangelize your plans to customers, prospective employees, the press, investors, etc. This requires an inspiring vision, strong communication skills, some degree of charisma, and evidence of execution ability.

Getting good at communication—particularly written communication—is an investment worth making. My best advice for communicating clearly is to first make sure your thinking is clear and then use plain, concise language.

Getting good at sales is like improving at any other skill—anyone can get better at it with deliberate practice. But for some reason, perhaps because it feels distasteful, many people treat it as something unlearnable.

My other big sales tip is to show up in person whenever it’s important. When I was first starting out, I was always willing to get on a plane. It was frequently unnecessary, but three times it led to career-making turning points for me that otherwise would have gone the other way.

2) Make a list

Divide them into short-term and long-term goals so that the target seems achievable. It is better if you make viable deadlines to achieve your targets within a reasonable timeframe if you are looking for ways to be successful.

Be willing to trade comfort for hard work. It is imperative that you are willing to learn and make adjustments by being consistent in your endeavors if you are looking for ways to be successful.

To do something every day is a bit difficult at the onset but once you become determined to follow through it becomes gradually easier. Be willing to walk on your path with the help of consistent efforts and you will be able to garner success in life.

5) Encourage growth and positivity

In order to encourage growth, you need to be perceptive to change. A person with a fixed mindset is sure of failure whereas a person who embraces growth realizes that hard work and talent can help him to achieve desired success.

A person who can easily face challenges in life with a smile is one with the mindset to learn, understand, grow and move forward. During tough and adverse times he will hone his skills for his own betterment.

He believes in walking towards his goals even if has to face immense difficulties. If you are looking for ways to be successful then you need to accept failure and disappointments as part of your life.

Use Reddit

You can do this with basic Canva skills (free & easy) OR simply hire someone to do it on Fiverr – just look up graphic design/photoshop jobs, pay $5, and give your photos and they will make you a nice collage like the above in less than 24 hours.

Your onlyfans account bio should CLEARLY state what your profile is about. What type of content do you post. What it is that you’re offering. BUT it should also be fun, playful, personal, and use emojis (if this suits your personality, story, and niche).

Mass Messaging

This feature is great for selling PPV content.

However, you don’t want to spam your subs with locked posts in DMs all the time.

If you do mass DM often try to throw in some free content, or just a friendly text now and then.

The more subs you retain = the more subscription money you get and the more eyeballs you get on your PPV content.

Here are 3 tips on retaining your subscribers that will make you on OnlyFans success story.

Keep promoting

Don’t change your price often

But, if you change your pricing a message will be auto-sent to all of your subs letting them know of your updated price and they will have to click a button and re-confirm they want to stay subscribed to you at your new price.

Don’t give people this opportunity to un-sub to your onlyfans account.

Do you know the way all great services like Amazon Prime and Netflix offer free trials these days? That’s because they know that a huge chunk of people will simply forget or not be bothered to cancel their subscription.

Rewards Re-bill’s

Unless you’ve got a huge number of subscribers. You should be going for a personal touch and engaging with your best buyers & tippers. It’s a good idea to reward re-billed with a free photo set or video.

But only send a reward when they actually rebill and not before, there are a lot of scams where people claim their rebill reward and then don’t actually rebill.

“Heyy babe I noticed your rebill is off. I guess it’s because you’re not into my content? I really put in a lot of effort and make stuff I thought you would love. If you feel you aren’t getting something from me that you want, please lmk and I’ll be sure to make some changes

Resource:

http://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful
https://www.marketing91.com/how-to-be-successful/
https://www.onlyfans.guide/how-to-be-successful-on-onlyfans/

Blog Tips: How to Improve Every Blog Post You Write In 7 Simple Steps

Are you thinking of using easy-to-apply blogging tips to improve your blog posts? Do you want proven blogging tips that’ll strengthen your blogs and increase conversions? That is a puzzle many bloggers are trying to solve. And frankly, if you cannot upgrade the quality of your blogs, you put your business blog at risk of failure.

By directing people to your site via content publishing, blogging serves as a remarkable method for marketing your business to the right targets. In fact, research by HubSpot revealed that brands with blogs make consistent gains of 55% additional traffic, and 68% inbound links.

Further survey shows that businesses that publish more blog posts earned over 400% more indexed pages, 97% additional indexed links, and generate 126% more leads. That is, according to Tech Client.

Remember that having a blog is only part of the puzzle. You must create and publish informative blog posts that keep readers coming back —blog content that generates traction and persuades your target readers to action.

7 Proven Blog Tips to Help You Improve Every Blog Post You Write.

Blog Tips #1: Develop a Solid Plan For Blog Writing

Developing a plan for improving every post you write is critical to the success of your business blog. In my years of experience, blogging can be daunting, but with a blogging plan, you’re sure of creating blog posts that people will love to read.

Moreover, having a blogging plan will save time in creating content. There are more bloggers in the industry in all sectors of content marketing. But I have studied seasoned bloggers like Neil Patel, Darren Rowse, Matthew Woodworth, Brian Dean, to name a few.

These bloggers have a particular structure they use for blogging. So blogging is not only about typing text; it involves structuring your content to be more appealing. Hence, you must develop a pattern of writing and structuring that’ll make your content engaging.

Your blogging plan should include a topic your audience care about and a headline. The heading gives you the structure of how your blog post would be. Then add the subheadings you want to use – they help to amplify the structure of your post. Your headings (Main title and subtitles) should be descriptive and compelling. Then add all the other elements of a terrific blog post. Start writing your copy!

Blogging Tips #2: Use Examples and Data Statistics to Improve Your Posts

Humans tend to argue over anything, especially if you do not have proof. Examples and statistical data are proof of your statement. They make your content clearer and easier to understand.

For example, in the introduction of this article, I use research data by HubSpot and Tech Client to prove my claim. It helps to solidify the authenticity of this article – giving readers useful information to take home.

It means that making claims without backup data or examples can weaken the impact of your blog post. Therefore, since illustrations make your blogs more transparent and easy to understand, use them to create more robust materials. Add appropriate visuals

Blog Tips #3: Include Graphics to Enhance Your Blog Posts

Using graphics is a remarkable way to arouse the interest of your readers. It helps to explain complex ideas efficiently and improves user experience. Also, instead of having a massive block of text, visuals will break the post into bite-sized sections and enhance readability.

In fact, in the digital marketing space, using graphics to illustrate your point can have a significant impact on your audience. The idea is to use appropriate visuals to keep your target audience longer on your page.

Blogging Tips #4: Employ Long-Tail Keywords to Amplify Your Blog Posts

Long-tail keywords are highly specific keyword phrases comprising three or more words. These types of keywords are less competitive but have a higher conversion rate. That is why marketers are using long-tail keywords to improve their blogs and drive massive web traffic.

The visual shows that long-tail keywords are descriptive and convert more. Therefore, by using longer keyword terms, you’ll increase your chances of appearing in Google search results.

In the chart above, you can see how valuable using long tail keywords for SEO can be. So search queries with long tail keywords are more popular – accounting or over 70% of all search traffic.

For example, following the illustration of the image above, if your target audience performs a search for “Smartphones,” Google will present billions of search results. If he searches for “Samsung smartphones,” he’ll get millions of results.

However, if the searcher should search for “Samsung galaxy smartphone m30 34gbs,” he will get hundreds of thousand results for his search. Why? Because his search terms are precise. So if you want to improve every blog post you write, use long-tail keywords because it helps you drive targeted traffic.

Blogging Tips #5: Use Blogging Tools to Improve Your Writing

Seasoned bloggers and newbie content marketers agree that it’s not always easy to arrange words beautifully. But with the help of writing tools, you can organize wordings in ways that make sense and adds value to the reader.

Send Blog Post Web Notifications

PushEngage will also create a notification for every new blog post published and send it to your subscribers. Or you can choose to create and send your own custom notification in under 5 minutes.

Nathan Thompson is a father, a writer, and a lover of travel (in that order). When he’s not wrestling with his kids, you’ll likely find Nathan giving his eyes a much-needed break from screens with a good book or planning a family trip with his awesome wife.

Resource:

https://www.mossmedia.biz/blog-tips/
https://yoast.com/seo-friendly-blog-post/
https://optinmonster.com/7-tips-to-write-a-blog-post-that-converts/

Empathy In The Workplace Has Never Been More Important

The stress brought in by the pandemic has certainly impacted everyone’s well-being. And today, as we start feeling the hope of things finally returning back to normal, the Delta variant has come to crush our optimism. This leaves people with the question: When is the pandemic going to end?

Remote working conditions have erased the boundaries between work and life. Working from home often involves parents working while taking care of the kids. People’s notions of work and life have never been so universally integrated.

According to The Washington Post, 33% of workers today would leave their jobs if they received an offer from a more empathetic and compassionate company. Practicing empathy in the workplace matters. It’s not only good for employees. It’s also a great business strategy to empower and retain top talent.

Empathetic teams perform better than those that don’t trust each other.

Resource:

https://topicinsights.com/work-life/importance-of-empathy-in-the-workplace/

The Best Places to Retire in Europe

People are becoming more likely to want to retire somewhere else, and their choice isn’t just based on their own preferences but also on the level of well-being and leisure the host country provides, the natural environment, and its heritage. This article came about the best places to retire in Europe because it a lot of people use Google to look for answers to questions like:

We all know that the U.S. has a high cost of living while living costs in many parts of Europe are much lower. But even though retirement income is usually reduced by taxes, retirees can still end up with more disposable income if they live outside the U.S. and consider ideas like retiring in Argentina or Europe.

The methodology for our rank of the best city to retire in Europe

As said before, the first criteria of this list is that all those places are in Europe. If you are thinking about retirement not only in the old continent, there is another list of the best countries to retire from anywhere in the world. But if you are not thinking about retirement but rather living abroad and working remotely, we also made a ranking of the best cities for remote workers.

Living Costs

Numbeo, the world’s largest cost repository, compiles it. It’s a crowd-sourced database with data on housing, healthcare, and other costs of living around the world. Lower costs are important for retirees abroad since their income is often defined by their country of origin, and not flexible — unless the person has multiple income streams, and in this case, congratulations!

The Health Care Index

The quality of healthcare is determined by a lot of different things, like how the care process works (preventative care, coordinated care, engagement, patient preferences, etc.), how much it costs, how quickly it can be delivered, how equitable it is, and how well it works (population health, disease-specific outcomes, etc).

The Health Care Index is a statistical look at the overall quality of the medical system, including how satisfactorily doctors, nurses, and other workers do their jobs; the cost sustainability; how frequently top-tier medicine is available; and how prepared the government is to help. It also takes into account external factors like sanitation and public health. The study ranks 89 countries based on five distinct health indicators.

Safety

In our ranking, the safety element will be considered based on the homicide rate as defined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). That means the number of murders per 100 thousand inhabitants. Of course, there are other types of crimes like robbery or kidnappings, but often they fluctuate in line with homicides.

English speaking population

Even in a safe, inexpensive country with a good public health system, life can be difficult if you cannot order a food delivery because of the language barrier. The numbers used are from multiple sources, including national censuses.

Braga

The Portuguese people are explorers and we owe many discoveries to them. Facing the ocean, Portugal is open to the world. Openness and entrepreneurship are two important qualities that you will find in Braga. Forget the clichés about Latin people basking in the sun, the Portuguese people are qualified and hard-working and they speak English much better than any of their European neighbours.

Portugal is a country of great wealth with a wide variety of cities to settle in depending on your profile. Braga, Portugal’s third city, is considered the happiest city in Portugal. It is also on the podium of European cities with the best quality of life.

For many years Braga has hosted start-ups, companies and international events. Renowned for its history and gastronomy, this Portuguese Rome attracts not only entrepreneurs and families (for its quality of life, green spaces and International Schools), but also those who wish to invest in tourism (the city enjoys one of the biggest tourist growths in Europe).

Recently, Braga was rewarded in its active fight against Covid-19 for its speed of action and innovations. This is not anecdotal: it shows Braga’s capacity for innovation and dynamism. Braga is the capital of Minho. Philips, Bosch, Continental (all internationally renowned), as well as start-ups, high-tech companies offering qualified jobs in the happiest city in Portugal.

Braga has also implemented a reduced tax rate for start-ups, so it is a prime city to launch your project. Portuguese schools teach English and you will be surprised to see that an estimated 25% to 35% speak perfect English, much more than in Spain, France or Italy.

Netherlands

Based on the World Economic Forum, the Netherlands is the top when it comes to the best place to live for expatriate families in 2018. It is really not surprising for a country with excellent healthcare, childcare, a stable economy, outstanding English, a good education system, to have people who are some of the happiest people on earth.

If you are one of those very concerned and puts the well-being and health of their children first, the Netherlands could be the perfect destination for you. This country is at the top of its game when talking about the comfort of their children. In fact, according to a report, Dutch children were hailed as the happiest in the year 2013.

The language barrier is one of the few things to consider when deciding to reside in a different country or city. But, you are in luck as Dutches are known to be few of the best non-native English speakers. This should make it easier for a person to enroll children in school or even secure a job.

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10 Psychology Tricks You Can Use To Influence People

Before we get started, it’s important to note that none of these methods fall under what we would term the dark arts of influencing people. Anything that might be harmful to someone in any way, especially to their self esteem, is not included here. These are ways to win friends and influence people using psychology without being a jerk or making someone feel bad.

Legend has it that Benjamin Franklin once wanted to win over a man who didn’t like him. He asked the man to lend him a rare book and when the book was received he thanked him graciously. As a result, this the man who had never wanted to speak to him before, became good friends with Franklin. To quote Franklin: “He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.”

Scientists decided to test this theory and found that those who were asked by the researcher for a personal favor rated the researcher much more favorably than the other groups did. It may seem counter-intuitive, but the theory is pretty sound believe it or not! If someone does a favor for you, they are likely to rationalize that you must have been worth doing the favor for, and decide that therefore they must like you.

This trick is sometimes known as the door in the face approach. You start by throwing a really ridiculous request at someone—a request they will most likely reject. You then come back shortly thereafter and ask for something much less ridiculous—the thing you actually wanted in the first place. This trick may also sound counter-intuitive, but the idea behind it is that the person will feel bad for refusing your first request, even though it was unreasonable, so when you ask for something reasonable they will feel obliged to help out this time.

Scientists tested this principle and found that it worked extremely well as long as the same person asked for both the bigger and smaller favor, because the person feels obliged to help you the second time and not anyone else.

Dale Carnegie, the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People , believed that using someone’s name was incredibly important. He said that a person’s name is the sweetest sound in any language for that person. A name is the core part of our identity, and so hearing it validates our existence, which makes us much more inclined to feel positively about the person who validated us.

But using a title, or form of address can also have strong effects, according to the as if principle. The idea is that if you act like a certain type of person, you will become that person, it’s a bit like a self fulfilling prophecy. To use this to influence others, you can refer to them as what you want them to be, so they will start thinking of themselves this way. This can be as simple as calling an acquaintance you want to be closer to “friend,” or “mate” whenever you see them, or referring to someone you want to work for as “boss.” But be warned: this can come off as very corny.

This one may seem obvious at first, but there are some important caveats to it. For starters it’s important to note that if the flattery is not seen as sincere, it’s going to do more harm than good. But researchers have studied the motivations behind peoples reaction’s to flattery, and found some very important things.

To put it simply, they found that people tend to look for cognitive balance, trying to always keep their thoughts and feelings organized in a similar way. So if you flatter someone who has high self esteem, and it is seen as sincere, they will like you more, as you are validating how they feel about themselves. However, if you flatter someone who has low self esteem, there is a chance it could backfire and cause them to like you less, because it interferes with how they perceive themselves. That, of course, does not mean you should demean a person of low self-esteem!

Mirroring is also known as mimicry, and is something that some people do naturally. People with this skill are considered to be chameleons; they try to blend into their environment by copying other people’s behaviors, mannerisms and even speech patterns. However, this skill can also be used consciously, and is a great way to make you more likable.

How To Become The Most Influential Person At Work

Now is a good time to let you in on a secret many management gurus don’t want you to know — it is easy to influence and persuade people. The difficult part is finding your way through the flash and dazzle of influence coaching. And then home in on the simple techniques that succeed. The ones that actually make you influential and get you noticed in the workplace.

The true way to grow your influence and become an influential person lies in your ability to employ the most basic of techniques that go undetected. Soon you will learn the best way to influence anyone and convince them to your point of view.

Avoid These Common Mistakes When Influencing People

Pay close attention to what this is telling us about how we should NOT go about influencing people. You should not try to convince them by reasoning. And don’t let others know they are being influenced by you.

If you try to convince someone by directly reasoning with them through their conscious mind — as most other schools of workplace influence teach — you will typically encounter a roadblock. This is the single biggest factor that results in unsuccessful influencing. It mostly triggers mental argumentation and resistance in others, rather than compliance.

Community Reviews

This book had a profound effect on me, however, of the negative variety. It did give me pointers on how to actually break out of my shell and “win friends” but in the long term, it did way more harm than good. Not the book per se, but my choice to follow the advice given there. The book basically tells you to be agreeable to everybody, find something to honestly like about them and compliment them on it, talk about their interests only and, practically, act like a people pleaser all the time.

It This book had a profound effect on me, however, of the negative variety. It did give me pointers on how to actually break out of my shell and “win friends” but in the long term, it did way more harm than good. Not the book per se, but my choice to follow the advice given there. The book basically tells you to be agreeable to everybody, find something to honestly like about them and compliment them on it, talk about their interests only and, practically, act like a people pleaser all the time.

It might sound like a harmless, or even attractive idea in theory, but choosing to apply it in your every day life can lead to dangerous results. Case in point: after being a smiley happy person with loads of friends for about a year, the unpleasant realization began to creep in, that by being so agreeable to everybody else, I rarely ever got my way. I also sustained friendships with people who were self-centered, so talking about their interests was all we got to do together, which drained me of my energy. The worst thing still, is that by trying to find something to like about every person, I completely disregarded their glaring faults. It didn’t matter that those people did have redeeming qualities – they weren’t redeeming enough! I ended up with a bunch of friends I didn’t really want and, because I was so preoccupied with “winning” those friendships I missed out on the chance to form relationships with good people.

I suppose, for somebody who is a better judge of character, the principles outlined in this book *could* be of some value. But that’s really just me trying to find something positive (using the “principles”) in a book that I am still trying to UNlearn.

If you want to win friends, you have to do it the hard way, by being yourself and risking rejection (and daring to do some rejection of your own, as well). And if you want to influence people the only fair way to do it is through honesty. All the rest is manipulation and pretending. Do not read this book, you’ll only learn how to manipulate yourself & others. Do not read it out of fear of rejection & low self-esteem, there are better ways to gain some courage in approaching people. This will harm you in the long run.

This book is probably really handy when you’re trying to befriend kindergarteners, not as much adults. It’s also aimed at salespeople and not regular humans. Dale, saying people’s names often when you’re talking to them, Dale, doesn’t make you popular, Dale, it makes you sound like a patronizing creep.

One – it seemed pretty much timeless. Not much anachronism here, because language still serves the same purposes as ever, and people still want basically the same things they’ve always wanted. I liked the examples taken from Abe Lincoln, etc.

Two – the techniques described in the book aren’t duplicitous. We all try to do what the title says, just like everyone else, whether we’re admitting it to ourselves Three things about this book surprised me and I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.

One – it seemed pretty much timeless. Not much anachronism here, because language still serves the same purposes as ever, and people still want basically the same things they’ve always wanted. I liked the examples taken from Abe Lincoln, etc.

Two – the techniques described in the book aren’t duplicitous. We all try to do what the title says, just like everyone else, whether we’re admitting it to ourselves or not. Readers are repeatedly encouraged to develop genuine interest in others, be honest and ethical, and obey the golden rule.

Three – I enjoyed it (read twice back to back) and it felt easy and natural to apply some of the ideas in my life. Shortly after reading this book, I was a little bit better at communicating and a little bit happier about my interactions with others in general. . more

I bought this one in 2004 from an Amsterdam bookstore and it has been laying on my bookshelves since then. It’s an icon of self help books and that was a problem because I kind of hate that genre. I decided to get rid of this one as well but not without trying, at least, to see if there is anything of value in it. Well, I was surprised to read some sensible advice and I decided to actually read more. charming in their archaic ways.

So, the book wasn’t total garbage. As I said above, it had some I bought this one in 2004 from an Amsterdam bookstore and it has been laying on my bookshelves since then. It’s an icon of self help books and that was a problem because I kind of hate that genre. I decided to get rid of this one as well but not without trying, at least, to see if there is anything of value in it. Well, I was surprised to read some sensible advice and I decided to actually read more. charming in their archaic ways.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4865.How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People

Podcast: Self-Help Cliches Have a Peculiar Value

Take the bull by the horns! Pick yourself up by your bootstraps! Are these cliches condescending for people with mental illness? Or is there a grain of truth to them? Today, Gabe and Lisa debate the pros and cons of the all too common “taking your life back” advice we all get from well-meaning people. Gabe shares his personal story of gaining back control of his life a day at a time while healing from depression.

When you struggle with mental illness, how much of your behavior, thoughts and emotions do you actually have control over? Is it helpful to feel in control of your life, even when it screws you over?

Gabe Howard is an award-winning writer and speaker who lives with bipolar disorder. He is the author of the popular book, Mental Illness is an Asshole and other Observations , available from Amazon; signed copies are also available directly from Gabe Howard. To learn more, please visit his website, gabehoward.com.

Lisa is the producer of the Psych Central podcast, Not Crazy. She is the recipient of The National Alliance on Mental Illness’s “Above and Beyond” award, has worked extensively with the Ohio Peer Supporter Certification program, and is a workplace suicide prevention trainer. Lisa has battled depression her entire life and has worked alongside Gabe in mental health advocacy for over a decade. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband; enjoys international travel; and orders 12 pairs of shoes online, picks the best one, and sends the other 11 back.

What to Say to Someone Who Is Sick: Expert Advice on Showing Up When It Counts

Someone you know is sick, and you aren’t sure how to approach the subject. Should you wait for them to bring it up? Avoid it altogether so you don’t make them uncomfortable? What if you accidentally say the wrong thing and damage your relationship in a moment of crisis?

Questions like these are important. They’re a sign that you care. While no one has all the answers, there are some guidelines, borne out of experience and supported by research, that may help you be present for someone who matters to you.

A serious illness can take up a lot of space in a person’s life, whether a full recovery is just a few days away or the condition is chronic. For that reason, it’s especially important to be sensitive to whether someone wants to talk about sickness or something else entirely.

As Chaplain Resident at Mayo Clinic, Natasha Dachos, LMSW, is often in conversation with people coping with illness. “The most important thing to remember,” she says, “is that this is a whole person in front of you. Whether they are a mother, a father, a child, a teacher, a person who likes to run — they are a whole person, with all the complexities that go with it.”

It’s easy, Dachos explains, to focus exclusively on the illness — losing sight of other aspects of their lives. “Sometimes they feel quite ill, and sometimes they feel less sick. But being sick is just one part of the whole person.”

Academic, medical, organizational, and work environments all have complex hierarchies. If you’re in a position of power or influence in someone’s life, it’s important to be aware of the ways the imbalance of power can shape your conversations during a time of illness.

For example, asking an employee about their diagnosis or treatment might make them feel pressured to talk about a condition they’d rather not discuss at work — even if the question is well-meaning.

What to say at work

If you’re able to speak privately, you could say something along these lines: “I know you were out for a while recently. I hope you’re OK, but if you’re not, I’m here if you need help or you’d like to talk.”

In one 2018 study, 50 to 70 percent of patients in the intensive care unit wouldn’t speak up about their concerns out of fear their caregivers would consider them a troublemaker. Gender, age, race, and economic status can make it even more important to listen with care, speak sensitively, and respect boundaries.

If you’re having conversations with a long-time friend, power differentials probably won’t be a big factor in your conversations. But if your friend has developed a condition that’s considered a disability, if medical expenses have changed their economic position, or if they have an illness that’s often stigmatized, the dynamics of your friendship may have shifted a little.

If you’re communicating by email or text, be prepared for a delayed response. If someone wants to respond honestly to your message, they may need to wait for a time when they can answer fully.

Both of you deserve ample time to share, to process, and to respond without rushing. Setting aside a distraction-free time to talk could make the experience much more gratifying for both of you.

If you’re talking to someone you know very well, you’re probably aware of their cultural background, personal beliefs, and faith tradition. If you’re not certain, it might not be wise to assume that someone else would be encouraged or comforted by the same ideas that inspire you.

Rev. Caila Rinker, MDiv, a chaplain in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Spiritual Care, is often called upon to support people of different cultures and faith traditions. She maintains what she calls “a posture of compassionate curiosity.”

It’s also important to understand that someone’s personality, family background, and culture may influence how open they are to discussing their illness with you. Finding other ways to offer support may be easier to accept for people who don’t feel comfortable conversing about their health concerns.

Over the course of an illness, especially one with a long recovery period or a chronic condition, someone who’s sick is going to go through a wide range of emotions and states of mind. Each time you show up for a conversation, it could be a totally different kind of experience.

“People may be angry that they’re sick, or angry that their bodies are diminishing, or angry that they can no longer do something that’s important to them. You may be a very safe target for that anger.”

See if you can remain open to what your friend or family member is feeling right now. If you can provide a safe space for someone to be open and authentic, you’ll have given them a gift of enormous value.

Tip 5: Deal with anxiety and depression

When you have a serious illness, it’s normal to feel sad about your health and grieve the hopes and dreams you may have lost as a result of your medical condition. It’s also natural to worry about what the future may hold or be apprehensive about certain treatments, for example. But if such feelings persist and start to interfere with your daily life, you may be suffering from depression or anxiety.

While mood disorders like anxiety and depression are common among patients dealing with a serious illness, they can create a vicious circle. Your illness triggers anxiety or depression, which then erodes your overall health, which in turn negatively impacts the treatment of your illness. This then worsens your mood disorder, and so on.

Manage debilitating symptoms such as pain. Left untreated, pain can have a detrimental effect on your mood and increase anxious thoughts and feelings of hopelessness. Talk to your medical team about ways to better manage pain and other distressing symptoms.

Ease up on the worrying. We all worry, especially when we’re sick. But if you’re constantly overestimating the possibility that things will turn out badly or immediately jumping to worst-case scenarios, it’s time to take action. There are steps you can take to challenge your anxious thoughts, distinguish between solvable and unsolvable worries, and develop a more balanced way of looking at your situation.

Cut down on sugar in your diet. By reducing the amount of soft drinks, sweets, and sugary snacks in your diet, you’ll feel less anxious and avoid the mood crashes that usually follow a sugar high.

Be smart about caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine. Reducing or cutting out your caffeine intake can help with anxiety. Similarly, alcohol can worsen both anxiety and depression symptoms. And while it may seem like cigarettes are calming, nicotine is actually a powerful stimulant that leads to higher, not lower, levels of anxiety and stress.

Countering your “what if’s…?”

It’s hard to imagine that anyone who’s faced a life-threatening illness hasn’t worried about “what if” scenarios at some point. When you’re fighting for your life and faced with great uncertainty, worrying can even seem like it’s giving you some control over your situation. But as with all anxious thoughts, there are ways to calm your worrying mind and take a more balanced view:

Tell someone what you’re thinking. Saying your “what if” out loud can help you put things in perspective. If your fear is unwarranted, verbalizing it can often help you expose it for what it is—an unhelpful worry.

Challenge the thought. What’s the probability that what you’re scared of will actually happen? What are some other likely outcomes? What would you say to a friend in your situation who had the same worry?

Accept the uncertainty. Much of dealing with a serious illness is about learning to come to terms with the uncertainty of your future. Worrying about all the things that could go wrong won’t make your life any more predictable. It will only keep you from enjoying the good things you are still able to experience in the present.

How to help someone cope with a serious illness

When someone you care about has suffered a serious health event or is dealing with a life-threatening illness, it can be difficult to know what to say or do. You loved one is likely experiencing some painful emotions and that can make even those closest to them feel uncertain about how to best offer your support. These tips can help:

Offer your support. Your friend or loved one may be reluctant to ask for help, but it’s support from people like you that can make all the difference in their recovery. Offer to help with a specific task, even if it’s simply to sit with them during or after treatment. Sometimes, the most important thing you can do for someone is to be there.

Listen. When you talk to someone with a serious illness, it’s natural to feel awkward or not know what to say. But often the most important thing is to listen to the person. Allow them to express what they’re going through without judging them, telling them how they should feel, or trying to put a positive spin on everything.

Educate yourself about the illness but don’t give advice unless you’re asked. The more you know about your loved one’s diagnosis and treatment, the better prepared you’ll be to help. But that doesn’t mean you should tell the person what they should or shouldn’t do, unless they specifically ask for your opinion or want to know what you’ve researched. Treatment decisions are ultimately always up to your loved one, so be supportive even if you don’t always agree.

Stay connected. Some illnesses can involve lengthy treatment, so it’s important not to just provide support at the time of diagnosis and then let your attention lapse. Your support can be just as important after treatment as it is before.

• Let the person know you’re available to listen whenever they want to talk.
• Admit if you feel awkward. It’s better to be honest rather than trying to pretend nothing’s wrong.
• If you struggle knowing what to say, remember that a warm hug or a tender touch can say a lot.
• When you can’t visit in-person, let your loved know you’re thinking of them with a call or text, or by sending a card.
• Try to keep your relationship as normal as possible. That can mean sharing a joke or a laugh when appropriate.

• Tell the person you know how they feel or compare their situation to someone else’s. Everyone’s circumstances are unique.
• Tell them that “everything will be fine.” Such platitudes can just make it harder for them to talk to you about the challenges of their situation.
• Say that your loved one needs to “stay positive” or “look on the bright side.” Rather than pressuring them to behave in a certain way, make it clear that they’re free to express how they really feel.
• Take things personally if the person doesn’t want to talk or is angry or upset.

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How To Write A Bio: Ultimate Guide (With Creative Examples)

So, you sit down to write your online bio, pumped to reveal to the world your professional self and achievements finally, and nothing happens. All of the words and phrases you had been stockpiling for months in your head suddenly disappeared.

Finding an authentic way to describe your professional background and showcasing yourself as a credible, accomplished, and likable expert in the industry takes a lot of work. You decide your current profile is good enough. It works for you. Simple.

However, what most people often forget is that a bio isn’t just about listing professional achievements. It is a conversation starter, a way of making a digital introduction. Also, your bio — no matter how articulate and insightful — doesn’t need to appeal to everyone.

Step 1: Choose The Tone Of Your Bio Depending On The Platform

Context plays a vital role in whether your bio should be written in the first or third person. For most professional websites, writing in the third person might make sense. It also feels a bit self-congratulatory. However, the first person makes it a more personal experience.

Venture Capitalist Mark Gallion has different versions of his bio all over the internet. Of course, some are more formal than others. However, when it comes to Twitter, he prefers phrasing his information in a way that helps him engage with his audience on a human level.

In under 160 characters, he not only shares the details about his professional life but also highlights his love for baseball. Therefore, communicate who you are in a tone that’s most suitable for your audience.

Gallion leverages his Twitter bio to connect with like-minded potential investors and followers. Therefore, you are free to make your bio funny, personal, formal, conversational, and the like depending on the platform you’re writing it for.

1. Your LinkedIn summary

Whatever you’re seeking, your LinkedIn summary should support your activity on the site; a profile focused on networking within the industry will read differently than that of someone aggressively hunting for a new job. Once you’ve identified your purpose, it will be much easier to tweak the above template for your LinkedIn summary. You’ll still want to lead with your position and other info from the first paragraph of the bio template. Then move onto whatever skills or accomplishments are most relevant to your LinkedIn goals. Last, share those goals.

As a field sales manager with over eight years of experience driving market share growth in designated territories, I have mastered the ins and outs of pharmaceutical sales and territorial prospecting. After honing and executing these specialties to reach numerous company goals, I was honored with an invitation to join the National Marketing Council. Now, I spend the majority of my time brainstorming sales strategies and connecting with other industry professionals who are interested in talking shop.

You can always add supporting content on either side of this skeleton paragraph, such as a personal anecdote, previous positions, or a mission statement. If you need a bit more inspiration, look to your recommendations for outside opinions on what makes you special.

How do you write a short professional bio?

Before we delve into professional bio examples, here are tips on how to write one. First, you want to keep your bio simple. Simple isn’t bad; you can tell a strong story with simple sentences if you can weave those sentences into a cohesive narrative. Here’s a video guide to help you write a compelling professional bio:

Before writing your bio, consider if you want to write in a more professional or more casual manner. Take a few factors into account, such as your field, title, and intention. Choose what you think is more effective in selling yourself.

Introduction

Professional Background

Explain what you do. You don’t have to summarize your professional experience. Simply elaborate on your current title(s) and the duties that come with it. Assume that readers don’t know what roles your titles entail.

Mention your professional accomplishments here, especially those relevant to your current role. When written well, this lends credence to your skills. You don’t need to specify your skills if this part is well-written; your career highlights can speak for themselves.

High-level professionals may add any previous roles and their respective accomplishments here. For beginners in the field, consider adding any strong roles you’ve had within organizations.

Make sure that your additions are relevant to your narrative. For instance, if you are trying to establish your medical expertise, it’s not a good idea to add non-medical achievements unless they played key roles to strengthen your medical accomplishments.

Personal Details

Explain how you do what you do well. This is the humanizing element to your professional bio. In this part you may share your values, beliefs, and passions (and how they influence your work ethic). If you increased successful dog adoptions in your local humane society, consider including this sentence in your professional bio to make it more impactful:

After adopting Maxie, an old German Shepherd who went through three homes and five years alone in an animal shelter, I made it my mission to ensure that every dog up for adoption gets a loving family that fits their unique personality and needs.

You may also add any degrees you have here, especially if they are relevant to your area of expertise. These additions will further establish your credibility.

Lastly, you may add a few personal details in the last sentences of your professional bio. These will help make you relatable to your audience. You want not only to impress your readers, but also to connect with them. You want them to contact you.

Professional Bio Examples

If you’re still unsure about how to write one, take a look at the professional bio examples we’ve provided below. We’ve also added divisions for the three general parts of a professional bio.

1. Company Website (Anne T. Madden | Honeywell)

Her introduction is straightforward, because the meat of her biography is in the second to fourth paragraphs. She informs the reader of the roles that her titles entail. Her previous work is also stated here, presented with concrete evidence of her success. It is a strong showing of her competence.

2. Personal Brand (Nandini Jammi)

Her introduction is greatly emphasized, and for good reason: Co-founding a consultancy that regularly works with Fortune 500 companies is very impressive. She also includes her identity as an activist in the first sentence of her biography. This informs the reader that her beliefs are a strong influence on her work.

The second part of her biography narrates how she got immersed into her area of expertise. She also states how her campaign Sleeping Giants won awards and became a catalyst for a global movement in the world of brand safety and content moderation.

While there’s not many explicit mentions of her beliefs, we can infer that she’s very keen on fighting against discrimination and believes that it has no place in marketing. We can see this in her elaboration of Sleeping Giants and the #StopHateForProfit campaign.

3. Long Bio (Joaquin Duato | Johnson & Johnson)

Joaquin Duato’s writeup is one of the best professional bio examples, a long written tool that still keeps a tight narrative. Every sentence has a purpose; they only add to his credibility and keep the readers’ attention.

The second set of text expounds on his duties and especially his accomplishments within Johnson & Johnson. There is clear proof of his impact within the company that further cements his credibility in the field.

Finally, the last set of text gives us insight into what he brings to the company. In this case, he offers a unique perspective that comes from his personal experiences and history as a dual citizen and leadership in global healthcare organizations. We also see that his values directly influence his actions outside of work.

4. Short Bio (Dennis Krawec | Personal Brand)

His introduction establishes his specializations as a creative artist. It’s simple, but impressive nonetheless. The second paragraph briefly showcases his successes in his area of expertise that lend credence to his introduction. Lastly, he ends off on a personal touch by including one of his hobbies and interests. Also note the links to his social media profiles, similar to Nandini’s.

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