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impression vs. stage fright

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:54:11 +0000

Audience forms a lasting impression of a public speaker in the first 3 minutes. Stage fright usually occurs during the first 10 minutes of a performance.

Pareto vs. Juran

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:49:14 +0000

According to the Pareto rule, 80% of the outfits we wear come from 20% of the clothes we own. Equally, 80 % of personal phone calls we make are to 20 % of the contacts in our address book.

Walmart vs. Largest EU economies

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:26:04 +0000

For 2008, Walmart has reported a 378 799 million $ revenue. The sum of the 4 largest EU economies’ GDP (Germany, UK, France, Italy) doesn’t exceed 305 000 million $.

Iceland: enterpreneurship vs. illiteracy

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:48:57 +0000

On Iceland, there were 0 patents granted to residents in 2005. The adult illiteracy rate is 1 %.