關於 question to ask at interview ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR YOGA JOB INTERVIEW? - if you’re asking yourself the same question, 👀 along:

1️⃣- Have your photos taken. Other industries might not need a photo but in the field of yoga, almost every employer would ask for a photo to see how your practice is. So get some photos taken - professionally if possible.

2️⃣ - Have your bio ready. This should include how many and what trainings you have received. Highlight who your lead trainers were too. If possible, maybe ask your lead trainer to write a few comments (like a note of recommendation) about you. Highlight anything in the past that might make you a great hire too. If you're great with communicating with others, make sure you mention it.

3️⃣ - Research on the studio - Find out what the studio is; its background. Check out its website and IG, see what they offer and what is missing in their service. And see if you could provide what they need. If you know someone who's a member there, talk to them to get their perspective as a member. See what's working and what's not.

4️⃣ - Be yourself. At the interview, be honest and authentic. Employers are more interested in your personality and in seeing if you're a team player, rather than hoping you are the king of #handstand. A good interview is basically a good conversation. If this is your first interview, don't ask about the money right away. You should always ask questions and say thank you when you leave. Prepare a short sequence to demonstrate your teaching skills and keep the sequence simple. You don’t have to put your legs behind your head to teach a yoga class.

5️⃣- Leave a thank you note. Always say thank you after the interview. If you get the job, condragulations! If not, thank them again and ask for feedback. Find out how you could improve yourself and let them know that you are willing to work on those things.

These are my 5 tips on how to prepare for an interview and, most importantly, be reconsidered if you don't get the job right away. What do you guys think? Leave a comment if you have questions or got other useful tips too.

🏷 it or forward to someone if you find it useful 🙏🏼

There’s rhythm in writing! 🎶

這個禮拜Presentality的Andrew來分享英文寫作的節奏!

★★★★★★★★★★★★

我的工作需要看非常多的英文。

其中有英文母語的人寫的，也有非母語的人寫的。最近，我注意到一個兩者之間很明顯的差別。這個差別很少有人提到，因為它無關文法正確，也不是有學問的用語，或是文雅的詞彙。

是句子的長短。

Well，更正確的來說，是長句跟短句的交錯。我發現，非母語人士寫的英文句子，不但比英文母語的人寫的長，而且是大部分句子都很長。

母語的人，尤其是很會寫的人，則是會把長句跟短句混合搭配。
那又怎樣？

★★★★★★★★★★★★

你可能會說 ok，以英文為母語的人比較會用短的句子，那又怎樣？句子的長短，跟我寫作的好壞，有關嗎？

關係可大了。

就像音樂，或是影片，文字也是「內容」。只要是「內容」，就有它的節奏。你可以想像一首曲子，從頭到尾都是很長的音，而且一點變化都沒有嗎？或是一部很長的影片，從頭到尾都是很長的畫面，而且一點節奏的變化都沒有嗎？

Well actually，你應該可以想像，這些就是要幫助我們睡眠的。
如果你不想要你的讀者覺得無聊或甚至睡著，我建議適度變換你文字的節奏。

但我們先看案例。

我拿一篇台灣人寫的文，跟另一篇美國人寫的，來做比較：把每個句子都分拆成不同的段落，句子的長短就一目了然了。

★★★★★★★★★★★★

但我們先看案例。

我拿一篇台灣人寫的文，跟另一篇美國人寫的，來做比較：把每個句子都分拆成不同的段落，句子的長短就一目了然了。

📌 台灣案例：Taipei Times Opinion

1. The TAIEX last month rose above 17,000 points as rallies in steel, shipping and some non-tech stocks offset a weakness in semiconductor and electronics stocks.

2. While news about a cluster of local COVID-19 infections connected with China Airlines cargo pilots and a hotel in Taoyuan fueled selling pressure early this month and pushed the local stock market into consolidation mode, the daily market turnover in the first two trading sessions of this month hit fresh highs.

3. Moreover, Taiwan’s stock trading volume last month began to surpass that of Hong Kong for the first time in 15 years, which was beyond most market participants’ expectations.

4. Taiwan’s daily market turnover exceeding Hong Kong’s might gradually become a new normal from this year, and there are good reasons for this.

5. First, Hong Kong’s stock market has lost its appeal to foreign investors since China last year imposed national security legislation on the territory, triggering a potential flight of capital and talent.

6. Second, many wealthy Taiwanese tend to park their overseas funds in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Switzerland and the US, but government statistics showed that more than 80 percent of funds repatriated by wealthy individuals last year were from Hong Kong, as they saw the political situation in the territory worsen after its self-governance, human rights and freedom of speech were further suppressed.

7. Third, China’s new NASDAQ-style stock board — the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s STAR board — has emerged as a fast-growing capital markets center for Chinese companies at a time when rising China-US tensions have triggered concerns about their prospects of listing in New York, posing a growing challenge to the Hong Kong stock exchange.

8. On the other hand, Taiwan’s economic fundamentals, the central bank’s adoption of extraordinary monetary easing and the government’s fiscal policies have fueled continued rallies in the nation’s stock market since last year.

9. It might be too early to tell how long the consolidation trend might last, as a resurgent COVID-19 outbreak is coloring the global economic outlook, but some insight can be drawn from the stock market:

10. Taiwan’s GDP grew a larger-than-expected 8.16 percent in the first quarter, as exports and private investment remained healthy.

都是一堆很長的句子對不對？我們來看美國人寫的句子，也是一個主流媒體的 opinion 文。

★★★★★★★★★★★★

📌 美國案例：New York Times Opinion

1. I miss torturing Liz Cheney.

2. But it must be said that the petite blonde from Wyoming suddenly seems like a Valkyrie amid halflings.

3. She is willing to sacrifice her leadership post — and risk her political career — to continue calling out Donald Trump’s Big Lie.

4. She has decided that, if the price of her job is being as unctuous to Trump as Kevin McCarthy is, it isn’t worth it, because McCarthy is totally disgracing himself.

5. It has been a dizzying fall for the scion of one of the most powerful political families in the land, a conservative chip off the old block who was once talked about as a comer, someone who could be the first woman president.

6. How naïve I was to think that Republicans would be eager to change the channel after Trump cost them the Senate and the White House and unleashed a mob on them.

7. I thought the Donald would evaporate in a poof of orange smoke, ending a supremely screwed-up period of history.

8. But the loudest mouth is not shutting up.

9. And Republicans continue to listen, clinging to the idea that the dinosaur is the future.

10. “We can’t grow without him,” Lindsey Graham said.

📌 Note: 即使是比較長的句子，這位作者也會用標點符號拆散它：She is willing to sacrifice her leadership post — and risk her political career — to continue calling out Donald Trump’s Big Lie. 這就好比用句點一樣，讓我們讀起來有點停頓休息的時間。

★★★★★★★★★★★★

📌 注意到了嗎？

台灣人寫的英文，句子都偏長，而且長度都差不多。
美國人寫的就不一樣了：一個只有五個字的句子開頭，然後一堆稍微長一點的句子，然後再來一串短句。

你可能懷疑我故意挑選很極端了例子出來，而且幹嘛專門打台灣人呢？

所以想到這裡，我從我的書架上，隨便挑了兩本跟科技有關的書出來。左邊的，是美國人，矽谷知名投資人 Peter Thiel。右邊的是德國人，但注意了，是一個英文非常好的德國人。他不但是世界經濟論壇的創辦人，研究所也是在哈佛大學唸的。

★★★★★★★★★★★★

📌 兩本書 Introduction 是怎麼寫的？

Klaus Schwab (德國)：

Of the many diverse and fascinating challenges we face today, the most intense and important is how to understand and shape the new technology revolution, which entails nothing less than a transformation of humankind.

We are at the beginning of a revolution that is fundamentally changing the way we live, work, and relate to one another.
In its scale, scope and complexity, what I consider to be the fourth industrial revolution is unlike anything humankind has experienced before.

Peter Thiel (美國)：

Whenever I interview someone for a job, I like to ask this question: "What important truth do very few people agree with you on?"

The question sounds easy because it's straightforward.
Actually, it's very hard to answer.

It's intellectually difficult because the knowledge that everyone is taught in school is by definition agreed upon.

See the difference?

★★★★★★★★★★★★

📌 如何變換節奏呢？

需要Andrew的完整分享請留言「There’s rhythm in writing~」。

Follow Presentality for more!
https://www.facebook.com/presentality

Interview with A Founder: Conor McLaughlin (Co-founder of 99.co)

By David Wu (AppWorks Associate)

Conor McLaughlin was previously the Co-founder and CTO of 99.co, the real estate marketplace in Singapore and Indonesia. He spent six and a half years at the startup, whose backers include Sequoia Capital, 500 Startups, and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, helping to grow it into a $100 million company. As a member of AppWorks Accelerator #21, he is currently working on his next big project, a yet-to-be-named language learning startup.

【What advice do you have for first-time founders?】

First, you need to decide: do I want to run a sprint or a marathon? For a sprint, you may be open to acquisition from the beginning, delay non-startup aspects of your life, give yourself two years where you drop everything to test an idea, choose to raise more money earlier on and thus be more diluted, or do anything else that implies a shorter time horizon. Typically 1-5 years - this can lead to a major boon in a short period of time if executed well. If you decide you are in the sprinting business, you will most likely be pushed toward binary outcomes because of how many investors and employees you have on your cap table. As a first-time founder, you need to be clear with yourself on what you are willing to put on the line. As Reid Hoffman says, it’s like jumping off a cliff and building a plane on the way down… hopefully you build a plane in time.

If you are running a marathon, you are deciding that your competitive advantage is consistency over intensity. You are in this for 10, 15 years. With this time horizon, you will realize you need ways to metabolize stress and maintain emotional, spiritual, and mental health. You need to maintain relationships with friends, family, and romantic partners. When you are looking at this 10 year period, you realize the people around you can only put up with so much. Unfortunately, while work is something people can generally bounce back from, there are many things in life where you cannot - an example is your relationship with your partner. If you’re going to run a marathon, you need to be clear with yourself about what time you have for other aspects of your life and what time you have for your company. Eventually you need to learn what the right speed is where you can run as long as possible. It’s amazing how often it is that those people that keep going, assuming you have chosen the right problem to solve, eventually find daylight. Part of that is just lasting long enough.

Second, you need to revisit and continually ask yourself: should I still be running a sprint or a marathon? Circumstances change. Maybe you sprinted for the first two years to secure interesting results and funding; now it's time to transition to a marathon and clean up the life debt a bit. Or inversely, maybe you're finally leaving the trough of sorrow and it's time to sprint for a bit. Most founders will be in a long distance race with periodic sprinting. From my observation, founders most often stop because of two reasons: They either A) run out of money or B) run out of energy. There’s plenty of advice out there for scenario A (hint: don’t). But in my experience, scenario B is far more pernicious and dangerous to would-be successful founders. If you are in a marathon but fail to pace yourself and run it like one long sprint, you are unlikely to make it to the end.

Much founder advice speaks to this: Don’t let your startup make you fat. Exercise 5-10% of the time. Pick up a hobby outside of your startup. Go home for holidays. All of it leads back to one thing: You need to take care of yourself. Because injury will be far worse for your progress than being a little slower. “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast”, as the US Navy Seals say. This is surprisingly difficult advice for intrinsically motivated founders to follow, because in the event of failure, it makes them vulnerable to the thought, “Well, you didn’t work hard enough.” But for those that already have the hustle, your job is to avoid the moment of epiphany where you look in the mirror and think, “This isn’t worth it.”

All founders will have to sacrifice some things. The point is to not sacrifice everything. It will make you more resilient. Not less. It will give you the space to see situations more objectively and make better decisions. And most importantly, it will let you love what you do because it will remind you that the work isn’t just in service of yourself, it’s in the service of others. I do not think you can judge hard work over a day, or even a year, but I do think you can judge hard work over 5-10 years. Hard work is not just about the next 1-2 months. There will be times when you need to run as fast as possible, but if that is happening all the time you are probably not being smart about the situation. So don’t hurt yourself, be consistent, keep disciplined, and keep going.

Lastly, focus on your metaskills. Public speaking, reading, writing - skills applied in every aspect of your life. Generally what they reflect is learning how to think better. As a founder you need to think about - how can I think more clearly, be more creative, rigorous, analytical? As Warren Buffett and others have said: I have never seen a successful person that did not read as often as they could. Actual books and long form scare a lot of people. That’s your competitive advantage. Read blog posts from smart people, follow smart people on Twitter, listen to podcasts. Always be focused on how you can develop yourself to think better. Fostering the habit of improving your thinking will foster discipline in yourself. And discipline will let you turn that rigorous thinking into action.

【I imagine running the “race” has been especially tough this year. How have you gotten through 2020?】

I have leaned on routine and community. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to foster discipline in myself. I make my bed every morning, meditate every morning, make sure that I go to the gym 3-4 times a week. There’s so much uncertainty in both the world and the entrepreneurial space. Keeping certain things consistent gives me a spine to my life that I can fall back on. If I’m not feeling well, my discipline takes over and I’ll go to the gym. That helps me relieve stress - falling back to routine and having some mainstays of consistency and structure.

And community - it’s been the big mental health zeitgeist of this year. Everyone is recognizing that without the people around us, our mental health diminishes. Joining AppWorks was very intentional so I could surround myself with like-minded people who could question me, hold me accountable, and inspire me. And also just forming personal connections where I felt that I was still taking care of my mental health by connecting with others. Being a founder is an incredibly lonely journey. In the early days, there’s not a lot of people around. Later, when you do hire lots of people, you need to be the boss, the leader - for certain things, you can’t tell the employees everything, and even if you do, there will always be a bit of distance. You need people to relate to - people want to be seen for who they are, and appreciated for what they give. When you are a founder, sometimes it’s hard to feel that you are seen. So I intentionally put myself in situations where I can be inspired, be held accountable, and more importantly connect with others, and feel that I’m not alone. And that me and my co-founders are part of a communal journey with those around us.

【When you talk about how to run the race, I get the sense that you’re drawing from previous experiences and, perhaps, mistakes. What are the mistakes you’ve made in your founder journey and the takeaways?】

I think you could take a calendar, point to a random week, and we could list out all the mistakes from that week (laughs). I do subscribe to Steve Jobs’ philosophy: mistakes will happen, but mistakes happening means we are making decisions. Not making decisions is perhaps the biggest mistake. It’s often the reason for frustration, loss of speed, loss of momentum - so many of the issues you encounter in startups. Not making enough mistakes is probably the #1 mistake that I’ve made.

Second, going back to my advice to first-time founders, is not understanding what game I’m playing. Not understanding that all the money in the world is not going to be worth it if your spouse or partner decides to leave you because you have relegated them to a second-class citizen in your life. I think I forgot that at points. There is more to life than just the company.

Third, be careful about who you choose to work with. At minimum, if you’re doing a standard 8-9 hours at the office five times a week, that’s a lot of time with those people. You want to like the people that you work with - you want to know they’re high integrity, you want to respect their values, and you want to have common values. Choosing the right people that give you energy rather than take it away just makes running the marathon so much easier.

【We welcome all AI, Blockchain, or Southeast Asia founders to join AppWorks Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3r4lLR8 】

《我在哈佛學的領袖技能》工作坊 : Invitation - 2020年2月8日或15日 (星期六)《Leadership Workshop》9am to 1pm

我曾經在哈佛讀過三年(2012/13/14)教授 Robert Steven Kaplan 的領袖課程。Changed my life!

農曆新年後，連我自己18年創業經驗，我希望和你分享我在哈佛學到及應用了什麼 (幸運地，我公司過去幾年的同事們 turnover 都是近0)，可能令你的領袖能力亦有所啟發。

題目: 六步提升你的領袖能力 (6 Steps to Become A Better Leader) based on Harvard Professor Robert Steven Kaplan's teaching and his 3 books.
日期: 2020年2月8日或15日 (星期六)
時間: 9am to 1pm
地點: Classified Cafe and My Office at New World Tower, 16 Queens Road Central, HK.
人數: 每場限20位，
對象: 免費，但只適合工作經驗5至10年以上的管理人士參與。
教材: 講廣東話，內容是英文
Agenda:
(1) Speed dating, self intro and expectations.
(2) Split into teams of 2 or 3 people.
(3) Go thru the leadership framework by Prof. Robert Steven Kaplan (現任美國達拉斯 Dallas 聯邦儲備銀行行長卡普蘭)
(4) Ask those questions and answer in teams.
(5) 回答你任何對做生意的問題，takeaway value and let's all be friends.

報名方法: 請WhatsApp你的卡片給Suki/Monica +852 9218 5223

我之前關於 Prof. Robert Steven Kaplan 的領袖影片:

https://youtu.be/YVplfngE9KM

https://youtu.be/PhPBbbq9oc0

https://youtu.be/Oloo1uA3UvE

Note: 如果之後你覺得此 workshop 有用，希望你可以考慮捐款 support 我 brother-in-law (Derrick Pang) 創立的 Lifewire.hk 慈善組織，幫助患有罕見疾病的兒童。

http://www.lifewire.hk/tc/support-lifewire/How-To-Donate.html

#哈佛領袖技巧工作坊，#Leadership_Workshop

............................................

Leadership Framework (by Harvard Prof. Robert Steven Kaplan)

A. STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND KEY CHOICES

(1) Ownership Mindset (Leadership is not about position, is mindset)
(2) What Do You Believe In?
(3) Have You Acted On It?
(4) Add Value To Others
(5) Vision (Where? Why? Distinctive?)
(6) Priorities (3 or 4)
(7) Alignment
- People
- Task
- Organization
- You

With active communication of vision and priorites everyday.

..........................................................................

B. DEVELOPING YOURSELF AS LEADER

Understanding yourself:
A. Assess your own strengths and weaknesses
- Write down your own
- Find others write on yours too
B. Finding your passion
C. Value, ethics, morals
D. What is your story? Be authentic

Why leaders fail?
A. Open to learn?
B. Ask questions?
C. Do you listen?
D. Fight through isolation
E. Ok feeling vulnerable

The leader as role model
A. Do you act as role model?
B. What are the two to three key messages you want to send to people?
C. Do your behaviors match your words
D. How do you plan to improve on your weaknesses, and build on your strengths?

Tools to become better leader:
A. Support group
B. Keep a journal (to do, ideas, knowledge, etc)
C. Face to face communication
D. Interview people (how u do it?)
E. Think one level up.
..........................................................................

C. BUILDING RELATIONSHIP (YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE)

(1) Build Relationship
. Mutual Understanding
. Mutual Trust
. Mutual Respect
(2) Self disclosure
(3) Inquiry
(4) Advice seeking

Build Relationship Exercise:
A. Write down something about yourself that the other person probably doesn't know. Have the other person do the same.
B. Write down a question you like to ask the other person that would help you understand him or her better. The other person do the same. Ask them.
C. Write down an area of deep self doubt. Disclose to other person and ask for advise.

........................................................................

D. GETTING AND GIVING FEEDBACK

Giving and getting feedback
A. Seek feedback and seek coaching .
B. Actively coach others. Coach up and coach down. Are your advice specific, timely, actionable?
- Coaching is watching vs mentoring is telling.
C. Not year end review alone. It will be a verdict. Review frequently.

Communication with peers:
A. Ask why do you work here? What's great?
B. What do you hate about here?
C. Can you suggest what action to improve above?

......................................................................

E. ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF TIME

Managing time
A. Do you know how you spend your time?
B. Does it match the key priorities?
C. 1, 2, 3.
(1) One is related to priorities and must be done by you
(2) Two is related to priorities but can be done by someone else (at least partly)
(3) Three is not related to priorities

....................................................................

F. EVALUATION AND RE-ALIGNMENT

A. Design of company still align with vision and priorities?
B. Blank sheet of paper exercise, what should you / we do? If so, what's stopping you?

END

In 2014, IKEA was among the founding members of a global campaign to get the world’s most influential businesses to use 100% renewable power. Known as the RE100, today it’s a consortium of 186 (and counting) companies, including H&M, Nestle, Apple, Google, Facebook, Walmart, Coca Cola, Goldman Sachs, and many more. In total, their electricity demand is approximately 200 terawatts hours - just slightly larger than the electricity demand of Thailand. Today, we talk to Sam Kimmins, head of RE100. Sam has 20 years experience leading sustainability projects in the shipping, aviation, food, construction, and NGO sectors.

This is a podcast about how NOT to save the environment. Hosted by Nature N8 (Nate Maynard), an environmental researcher working on energy, ocean, and waste issues.

HAVE A QUESTION?
Record your question and send it to us at ask@wastenotwhynot.com

VIEW THIS EPISODE'S SHOW NOTES
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTYcV4Qii_XMHCluG5py75VGc-rPxoHeLJefKsBUdb1Q5Ah50YfEVkAO8jMcb4ZaPaXvyJbfW8hpelj/pub

SUPPORT U$
https://www.patreon.com/wastenotwhynot

FOLLOW US
https://www.facebook.com/wastenotwhynot/
https://twitter.com/wastenotpod

SUBSCRIBE ON Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or find your player: https://ghostisland.media/#wnwn

SHOW CREDITS
Producer / Editing - Emily Y. Wu
Host - Nate Maynard
Brand Design - Thomas Lee
Theme Song - Chris Lo
This is a Ghost Island Media production.

In this #techthursday video I am showing you the additional gear you need to be able to mount a Canon C100 MarkII with a Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 onto a Zhiyun Crane 2 with Servo Focus, also showing the new motion sensor remote for the Zhiyun Crane 2.

Zhiyun Crane 2 with Servo Focus:
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2LrelGx
T-Mall - https://click.alibaba.com/rd/jg4lolir

Zhiyun Motion Sensor Remote:
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2NLl2j0
T-Mall - https://click.alibaba.com/rd/799kal0c

Zhiyun Gravity Plate:
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2mKhlir
T-Mall - https://click.alibaba.com/rd/vmsukv8t

Zhiyun 100gram Counterweight:
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2mKKx8E
T-Mall - https://click.alibaba.com/rd/vi8rla13

Canon C100 Markii
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2NImrqU

Sigma 18-35mm f1.8
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2NHpCyX
T-Mall - https://click.alibaba.com/rd/shrg5ggm

Manfrotto 500PLONG
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2LFXlvc
T-Mall - https://click.alibaba.com/rd/ldah2nmk

This video is filmed with:
Sony A7rii
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2LRrEw2

Sony FE 50mm f1.8
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2OgBEAp

Manfrotto Compact Action
https://amzn.to/2LBf3jt

Edelkrone Skater
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2OgBWat

Aputure Amaran AL-M9
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2LJp925

Manfrotto 5001B
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2LxPpwf

Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro - http://goo.gl/k2EagF

If you appreciate what I do, you can support me by donating any amount here on paypal:
http://paypal.me/ChungDha

#chungdha #zhiyuncrane2 #canonc100ii

? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chungdha
? Website: http://www.chungdha.nl
? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chungdha/
? Twitter https://twitter.com/chungdha

For any Question Please Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chungdhagroup

Video Schedule:
#MusicMonday - Is all about audio, review / test audio equipement or showcase music that I like.
#TimelineTuesday - Video Editing tutorials
#WisdomWednesday - Review, Tips or Tutorials about filmmaking
#ThrowbackThursday / #TBT - Talking about old camera gear
#FeatureFriday - I will feature a professional, who I will interview or ask about techniques and development in the world of filmmaking. Or I will showcase products I find useful at the moment.

Business Inquiries, Sponsors & Collaboration email contact@chungdha.com

Chung Dha © 2018 Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

#zhiyuncrane2 #zhiyun #zhiyungimbal #gimbal #canonc100ii #canonc100markii #canonc100 #techthursday #sigma1835mmf18 #sigmalens #sigma