Make a Good Impression in 30 Seconds(Elevator Pitch)

ref: http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2012/02/make-a-good-impression-in-30-s.html

1. Capture your audience's attention
2. Convey a clear message
3. Focus on differentiation

Six keys to achieving excellence

ref: http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2010/08/six-keys-to-being-excellent-at.html

1. Pursue what you love
2. Do the hardest work first
3. Practice intensely, without interruption for short periods of no longer than 90 minutes and then take a break
4. Seek expert feedback, in intermittent doses
5. Take regular renewal breaks.
6. Ritualize practice

How to Face Your Critics

ref: http://blogs.hbr.org/baldoni/2010/02/how_to_own_up_to_criticism_in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness%2Fbaldoni+%28John+Baldoni+on+HBR.org%29

• Show up
• Be open
• Be cool
• Acknowledge your shortcomings
• Criticize gently
• Smile frequently
• Know when to close the engagement