Posts by Marcellino Nehme
A COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Only 50% Effective. Is That Good Enough?
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief of the National Institute of Health and Infectious Disease, has tried to set realistic expectations when discussing the importance of a vaccine. “We don’t know yet what the efficacy might be. We don’t know if it will be 50% or 60%,” Fauci said during a Brown University event in August. So…
Read MoreThe reinvention of retail
Everybody needs to rethink both digital and in-store sales. By some estimates, we have vaulted ten years ahead in consumer and business digital penetration in less than three months. Consumer appetite for digital and contactless ways of shopping has radically increased during the shutdowns. In response, retailers have quickly sought to change their priorities and operations. Click here to read the full article.
Read MoreMany European countries still have too many banks
WHEN CAIXABANK and Bankia, its state-owned peer, announced on September 3rd that they were exploring a merger to create Spain’s biggest domestic lender, politicians, regulators and analysts offered unusually unanimous applause. If the deal goes through, it will boost consolidation within the Spanish market, hitherto highly fragmented beneath two international giants, Banco Santander and BBVA.…
Read MoreIntrovert, Extrovert, And Ambivert… Which Job Is Right For You?
While this isn’t the most common of questions, it serves a powerful purpose. This question quickly answers a key indicator for where you may fit best in the workplace. As a career coach helping thousands of clients find career paths that are right from them, I have discovered the best job isn’t always based on…
Read MoreHow a Massive Bomb Came Together in Beirut’s Port
An investigation by a team of New York Times reporters who conducted dozens of interviews with port, customs and security officials, shipping agents and other maritime trade professionals revealed how a corrupt and dysfunctional system failed to respond to the threat while enriching the country’s political leaders through bribery and smuggling. Previously undisclosed documents lay…
Read MoreThe two sides of stress: distress and eustress
One common misconception about stress is that it should be minimised at all cost—that stress is bad. But stress is just your body and your mind’s response to external challenges. Depending on the particular stressors and your reaction, stress can be detrimental (distress) or beneficial (eustress). While the prefix -dis in “distress” has the same…
Read MoreWhich Type of Perfectionist Are You?
Can you have too much of a good thing? Like many personality constructs, there are both good and bad aspects of traits. Research on perfectionism suggests that there are both adaptive and maladaptive forms of perfectionism. Adaptive perfectionists strive for success, tend to complete tasks on time, and have high standards for their work (taking…
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