Winning big deals is not about rigid adherence to a sales process. Winning big deals is about being able to present powerful solutions underwritten by hard-hitting differentiators – presented by articulate people that your client wants to work with.

Die Europäische Union plant weiterhin, Netzsperren zur Terrorismusbekämpfung einzusetzen. Das zeigt ein geleakter Entwurf der EU-Terrorismus-Richtlinie. Auch ein Staatstrojaner soll EU-weit zum Einsatz kommen.

Die UBS schloss am 15. November ihre 3 Edelmetallschalter in Zürich, Genf und Basel in einer Art Polizeiaktion: ohne Ankündigung, ohne Begründung. Bumm, zu. Dabei waren die Schalter ein Supergeschäft für den Finanzmulti. Unzählige Retailkunden nutzten die Chance, Gold, Silber, Platin und mehr einfach, schnell und seriös zu handeln.

Donald Trump’s team of data scientists, holed up in their San Antonio headquarters 1,800 miles from Trump Tower, were predicting this outcome. But the scientists picked up disturbances—like falling pressure before a hurricane—that others weren’t seeing. It was the beginning of the storm that would deliver Trump to the White House.

The truth about regime change from the man behind the take down of the Soviet Union. In this documentary, Dr. Steve Pieczenik, former US State Dept. official, explains how the world has transformed from a militaristic fore-structure to one where economic and psychological warfare become the predominant tools of a new generation.

Surely, Historians will likely mark the current ‘cash chaos’ as one of the defining moments in independent India. This is the time to save up news reports and analysis pieces, besides tweets, Facebook posts and videos to absorb the enormity of what India is going through.
The Indian Cash Crisis might be “black swan” for global economy.

When looking out for a new candidate, firms do have a whole armada of people working “with you”: An executive search guru, their HR director to assess you and squeeze your salary, the Lawyer who is preparing a contract on the firm’s terms, not yours, a sales plan master who will put the carrot just right in front of you, but will you be able to each it, a “compliance master” who will generate you break points to get you out fast if you are not needed any longer..

And you? Where is your “armada”? Or are you completely left upon your own devices?

We all know CVs. And most of them are dreadful. However, there are experts who know how to make yours stand out to capture the attention of hiring managers. Most job seekers only guess at what these managers want – and with only one chance to get noticed, that’s risky.

Die impulse-Rubrik “Mein größter Fehler” als Buch: 91 Unternehmer reden Klartext über ihre schlimmsten Niederlagen, Enttäuschungen und Fehlentscheidungen.

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Der Tod des Königs von Thailand könnte dem Freistaat Bayern eine Milliardensumme einbringen. Grund ist eine Besonderheit der deutschen Erbschaftsteuer. Und ein Thronfolger, der in den souligen 90ern oft in den Diskotheken von München City unterwegs gewesen sein soll…

Breaking into Prison, the first of BBC’s latest three-part documentary, aired last night, revealing how contraband breaks into prison

The Swiss are rich, happy, gun-owning, peace-loving people. The country has one of the most open market economies in the world and a relatively small and a very decentralized government that hasn’t waged war since the early 19th century. Switzerland just might be one of the most libertarian countries in the world.

Ein kurzes Ratespiel: Wie hoch ist der Anteil vom “Treibhausgas” CO2 in der Luft? 2%, 5%, 20%? Bitte geben Sie Ihre Schätzung ab.

Short Documentary on how Donald Trump has trolled the world.

Enter Milo Yiannopoulos. He is every bit the character that Trump, whom he calls ‘daddy,’ is. The key difference, however, is that Yiannopoulos is personality driven by principle.

Kürzlich bekam ich von Prof. Dr. Florian Mildenberger ein Büchlein zugeschickt. Er meinte: “Lies es mal.” Ich ahnte nichts böses.Thomas Sattelberger, der Autor dieser 46 Seiten,  ein ehemalige Vorstand bei einem DAX Unternehmen und sehr sehr LSBTTIQ-Community bewegt. Bewegt begann ich also begann ich also zu lesen. Und war entsetzt.

Host James Day interviews philosopher and writer Ayn Rand, who explains her philosophy of objectivism and offers her concept of the ideal man. Rand also discusses her thoughts on rationality, love, morality, free will, and art. She describes her early determination to become a writer, and the ideas encompassed in her influential novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

The Best of Miriam Makeba. She later distanced herself from that song because it was too joyful.

Three days after graduating from high school I was on a plane to New York City to begin working. I never went to college, and that’s a bummer because I liked being in school and learning in a classroom. Everyone wants to feel that what they do makes the world a better place. Part of me wants to be an astronaut; other parts want to study marine biology or nutrition. I don’t know where I want to take my world, but I definitely want to explore other interests.

Let’s give her a chance. She deserves it, don’t we agree?