Enthusiasm vs Confidence

5 Reasons Why Enthusiasm is Better than Confidence

1. Confidence is about you - enthusiasm is about your subject

2. Confidence is about you (again) - enthusiasm is about others

3. Confidence is impressive - enthusiasm is infectious

4. Confidence is certain - enthusiasm is creative

5. Confidence is serious - enthusiasm is fun

HUPE konferencija 2008

On Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the yearly HUPE Conference which was held in Sibenik (mid-Dalmatia) at the Solaris complex. HUPE - The Croatian Association of English teachers in Croatia holds the conference over 2 days providing teachers an opportunity to share ideas, further develop themselves in ELT and of course, network and meet other colleagues within the same field.

Congratulations to Tanja Miokovic, (HUPE President) together with her loyal team for setting up a successful and enjoyable conference.

Paul Arden - The world's a duller place without Paul.

Last summer, while I was managing a summer language program in the beautiful city of Cambridge, I happened to come across a small, white-covered book that I found whilst wandering through a second-hand store. The title grabbed my attention: 'It's not how good you are, but how good you want to be'

I paid about a pound for it, returned home and began to read. A short piece of reading material (30 minutes) but somehow Paul Arden, the author manages to inspire and refresh the reader with his thoughts and ideas. A fabulous book which I would suggest you read, even if to inject a well-awaited dose of motivation!

I was saddened to hear that only a few weeks ago, Paul Arden, at the age of 67 passed away. Paul Arden spent 14 years as the Executive Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi. He was responsible for some of the UK's most successful advertising campaigns – British Airways, Silk Cut, Anchor Butter, InterCity and Fuji. In 1993 he set up the film production company Arden Sutherland-Dodd. His first book sold over half a million copies. The three most recent books are featured here.

David Hilliyard wrote:"I had the great pleasure/fear working under Paul at Saatchis for 6 years.

He was inspirational.

He was terrifying.

He was sutbborn.

He was passionate.

He was an account mans nightmare.

He was a creatives dream.

He was a pain in the arse.

He was a great tutor.

He was brilliant.

Most of all, he was a good bloke.

The world’s a duller place without Paul."

ICFE Ispitivač

In addition to the main suite set of ESOL Cambridge exams, Peter Hopwood has just completed and passed training to become an Oral examiner for the most recent International Cambridge examination. The International Certificate in Financial English (ICFE), the first of its kind evaluating competence of language in a financial business context.

Peter is now officially an examiner for 7 ESOL Cambridge examinations designated to Croatia and equally Slovenia.

Worker's Plea

Simple, but oh so true! Five straightforward statements that every employee, manager, supervisor - and come to think of it, anybody working for someone should remember. This also to managers, directors and anyone involved in leading a team in order to be aware of what your team needs. Please, pass it on to anyone you think might like it!

Quote this.

The sign on the door of opportunity reads PUSH.
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