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“We need white space in our daily lives just as much as we need it in our designs.“

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Screen time in daily life

See and track how much time you spend on your phone per day.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moment-track-how-much-you/id771541926?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee

When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations — and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations.

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Source: http://www.scriberia.co.uk/journal/scriberia-sketchnotes-depository

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What’s the Story Behind Your Avatar?

What a great question to start a conversation! In the article you can read  how five people explain why they chose their avatars.

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Alexandra Frantzen posted 100+ questions to ask your friends, family and lunch or dinner companions. You can also use some of them as conversation starters. Enjoy!

Are there any household chores you secretly enjoy? Which ones — and why?

Are there any laws or social rules that completely baffle you?

Are you a starter or a finisher?

Are you afraid of flying in airplanes? (How come?)

Are you living your life purpose — or still searching?

Are you useful in a crisis?

Can you tell when someone is lying?

Can you tell when someone is telling the truth?

Do you believe in magic? When have you felt it?

Do you believe that everyone deserves forgiveness?

Do you believe that people deserve to be happy?

Do you ever hunt for answers or omens in dreams?

Do you ever yearn for your life, before Facebook?

Do you have a morning ritual?

Do you have any habits you wish you could erase?

Do you have any irrational fears?

Do you have any personal rituals for the end of the year?

Do you have any physical features that you try to cloak or hide? How come?

Do you like to be saved — or do the saving?

Do you secretly miss Polaroid cameras?

Do you think everyone has the capacity to be a leader?

Do you think we should live like we’re dying?

Do you think we’re designed for monogamy? (Why or why not?)

Do you think you’re currently operating at 100% capacity?

Ever fantasize about being in a rock band? What would your group be called?

Has a teacher ever changed your life? How so?

Have you ever (actually) kept a New Year’s Resolution?

Have you ever been genuinely afraid for your physical safety?

Have you ever dreamed about starting a business? (Or if you’ve already got one — a new business?)

Have you ever fantasized about changing your first name? To what?

Have you ever fantasized about writing an advice column? What’s the first question you’d like to answer?

Have you ever had a psychic reading? Did you believe it? Was it accurate?

Have you ever had to make a public apology? (How come?)

Have you ever met one of your heroes?

Have you ever met someone who was genuinely evil?

Have you ever pushed your body further than you dreamed possible?

Have you ever screamed at someone? (How come?)

Have you ever set two friends up on a date? (How did it go?)

Have you ever stolen anything? (Money, candy, hearts, time?)

Have you ever unplugged from the Internet for more than a week?

Have you ever won an award? What was it for?

How do you engage with panhandlers on the street?

How do you reign in self-critical voices?

How long can you go without checking your emails or texts?

How would you fix the economy?

If a mysterious benefactor wrote you a check for $5,000 and said, “Help me solve a problem — any problem!” … what would you do with him or her?

If social media didn’t exist, how would your life be different?

If you could choose your own life obstacles, would you keep the ones you have?

If you could custom blend a perfume or cologne, what would it include?

If you could enroll in a PhD program, with your tuition paid in full by a mysterious benefactor, what would you study — and why?

If you could have tea with one fictional character, who would it be?

If you could master any instrument on earth, what would it be?

If you could save one endangered species from extinction, which would you choose?

If you could sit down with your 15-year old self, what would you tell him or her?

If you had an extra $100 to spend on yourself every week, what would you do?

If you were heading out on a road trip right this minute, what would you pack?

If you were searching through an online dating website, what’s the #1 quality / trait that would attract you to someone’s profile?

If you were to die three hours from now, what would you regret most?

If you wrote romance novels or erotic fiction, what would your “pen name” be?

Is there something that people consistently ask you for help with? What is it?

Is war a necessary evil?

What are you an expert on? Is it because of training, lived experience, or both?

What are you bored of?

What are you devoted to creating, in the New Year?

What are you freakishly good at?

What are you starving for?

What do you value most: free time, recognition, or money?

What is your spirit animal?

What was the best kiss of your entire life?

What was the best part of your day, so far?

What was the most agonizing hour of your life?

What was your proudest moment from the past twelve months?

What was your very first job?

What was your worst haircut / hairstyle of all time?

What’s going to be carved on your (hypothetical) tombstone?

What’s in your fridge, right this moment?

What’s in your pocket (or purse, or man-purse) right now?

What’s one dream that you’ve tucked away for the moment? How come?

What’s one mistake you keep repeating (and repeating)?

What’s one thing you’re deeply proud of — but would never put on your résumé?

What’s something you’ve tried, that you’ll never, ever try again?

What’s the best birthday cake you ever ate?

What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?

What’s the hardest thing you ever had to write — and why?

What’s the last book that you couldn’t put down?

What’s the most out-of-character choice you’ve ever made?

What’s the strangest date you’ve ever been on?

What’s the title of your future memoir?

What’s the worst piece of advice you’ve ever been given?

What’s your definition of an ideal houseguest?

What’s your guiltiest of guilty pleasures?

What’s your most urgent priority for the rest of the year?

What’s your personal anthem or theme song?

What’s your recipe for recuperating from extreme heartbreak?

When was the last time you astonished yourself?

When was the last time you got stuck in a rut? How did you get out of it?

When was the last time you saw an animal in the wild?

When you see peers / competitors getting things you want, how do you react?

Where & when do you get your best ideas?

Who is the last person that deeply disappointed you? (What happened?)

Would you consider yourself an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert?

Would you like to write a book? (About what?)

Would you rather be a lonely genius, or a sociable idiot?

Would you rather have a live-in massage therapist, or a live-in chef?

Would you rather have an extra $200 a day, or an extra 2 hours a day?

And of course…

What are you most grateful for, right now, in this moment?

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How to make stress your friend from Kelly McGonigal.

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Should you check your email? This brilliant (and tragicomically true) illustrated flowchart by Wendy MacNaughton is now officially one of the best infographics of the year.

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May we introduce: Ladies who lunch – Connecting working ladies during lunch breaks

You probably all have that one issue you keep complaining about. It may be either something you miss or something you want to change. So you have two choices: You try to do something about it or you keep complaining which is – honestly – misspent time.

We decided we had complained long enough and came up with a solution for our source of complaint: who is free for lunch?

Despite the fact that we both are sitting in shared office spaces with a bunch of other people surrounding us, we often ask ourselves: what should I do with my lunch break? Often we meet with co-workers or people we already know for lunch but you know how it goes: sometimes your coworkers or friends do not have the time and so if you would like to go somewhere on that day, you either go alone or you spend your lunch break quickly eating a sandwich in front of your desk with your eyes glued to your smartphone and the internet (SAD!).

We are convinced there is a better way to spend your lunch break, especially because no one wants a tuna overlord ruling our lives in the near future.

In addition to spending happier lunches away from the desk, wouldn’t it be awesome if you could meet new people during lunch hours? New, interesting people, who you might even end up doing business with? Yeah, we thought so, too. So voilà!

We happily introduce: Ladies who lunch

The idea is simple: we want to create an opportunity to connect women by going out to lunch together, building or maintaining their professional network or making new friends!

When we came up with the idea we considered creating a Ladies who Lunch app to get things rolling. But then, after discussing the idea – on a lunch date with a befriended project manager – we decided to take her suggestion and get Ladies who Lunch started with existing tools and services that everyone is already using. This is why, only a few weeks after we first had the idea we already have two Facebook groups (see what we can achieve on lunch dates with awesome people?!), reflecting our two studio locations: one group for Berlin and one group for Mannheim. Join us! We believe this will be an awesome way to spend your future lunch breaks.

But we won’t stop here!

Before our decision was made to start with Facebook groups we had also discussed the possibility of using slack. But slack is rarely used in Germany from people outside of the tech bubble. We are currently also discussing opening groups in Xing and/or LinkedIn. But that is something we would like to discuss with you – on our lunch dates. So join us and help us shape this. UPDATE (18.05.2017): we heard you and have expanded the Ladies who Lunch groups to Linked In!

Also, we haven’t given up on our initial app idea because we would love an independent platform. We already have a clear concept in mind so if you want to join or support us: let’s discuss it over lunch! Head over to one of our groups so we can set up a lunch date: Ladies who Lunch – Berlin, Ladies who Lunch – Mannheim

Who is it for?

Every woman is welcome. If you are looking to make new connections or to find like-minded women to connect with – whether you are new in town, a long-time resident or just visiting for a business trip or conference: Ladies who Lunch is the perfect way to spend your lunch break.

Why we chose the name

According to Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary “Ladies who lunch” are “Rich middle-aged women with no jobs or another meaningful way to occupy their time, who descend on upscale cafes around lunchtime to hang out with each other more because they have nothing better to do than because they like the company. Generally despised by cafe workers.” (Source: Urban Dictionary)

Well, we thought it was time to change the meaning of this term and use it to describe a network of working ladies exchanging information and experiences.

We are looking forward to meeting many many new ladies from different professions in our cities! Head over to Facebook and apply to join our local groups in Berlin and Mannheim.