The importance of giving credit: the cornerstone of honest, sharing & elevating teams, via @HarvardBiz In this excellent piece, Sachin H. Jain highlights the importance of giving credit and how it drives 4 essential behaviours within one’s team: it keeps...

Top 7 champagne brands & how culture impacts the price of grapes in France – via YALE Research & Wine Folly. A very interesting piece of research studying the pricing strategy of grape growers in France’s champagne region and it is often impacted...

Watch Lyon exporting its Festival of Lights in Dubai, with the stunning “Prince of Light” – source: @DowntownDubai One of Lyon’s most famous sights, its December Festival of Lights (Fête des Lumières) attracts every year millions of visitors drawn in by...

Study the daily schedules of the world’s greatest geniuses, from Ben Franklin to Mozart, via @Lifehacker)Honoré de Balzac wins the workaholic laurels and the writing nerd palm rather...

The ultimate flowchart of when it’s acceptable to take a selfie, via DOGHOUSE) Something to pin on every Instagramer’s desk, for good measure. Unless of course we turn it into a mandatory post at the top of one’s timeline every time it is refreshed. The...

What is the very best hotel loyalty programme out there? Frequent travellers, read this analysis of the 6 major hotel loyalty programmes by @HeadForPoints. This brilliant series is divided into "Facts" & “Opinions” posts. I highly recommend...

Why the OHIO principle is the most efficient way to achieve inbox zero, via @HarvardBiz Extreme Productivity author Robert Pozen explains his three cardinal rules of managing emails, and they do make much sense:  First, don’t look at it every minute; look at it every...

Wil Wheaton awesomely responds to a little girl on how to deal with being called a nerd – via CGPhotogcom(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

To live every day as if it has been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life… To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.

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19,866 miles flown, 40h in the air, and 14 cities visited in 2 years… What’s your own British Airways flight path?  I was lucky to visit such stunning cities as Moscow, Milan, Istanbul, Porto, Brussels, Madrid or Geneva for the first time over the course...