Effective negotiation: non-verbal signals of openness and honesty that make you credible.
You have prepared your arguments down to the last word... but your interlocutor is mainly focused on your hands, your face, and the way you shake hands. Here’s how to make your body an ally in a negotiation.
Savory Advent Calendar: how to recognize a good sausage?
Long reserved for children and their little chocolates, the Advent calendar has changed hands. Today, more than one in two French people plan to buy one, and the compartments are filled with all sorts of things: cosmetics, beers, aged cheeses, and... mini-sausages. But behind a pretty box, the quality can vary greatly. Here’s how to recognize a good dry sausage before gifting it.
Wooden windows: 4 models according to your home's architecture
Changing your windows also affects the façade, and therefore the character of the house. A wooden window designed for a Haussmannian building has little in common with one from a contemporary house: the design of the moldings, type of closure, thickness, wood species... everything changes. Here are four custom wooden window models and the architectures they suit best.
The intelligence of octopuses: what these solitary creatures teach us about animal minds.
No parents, no group, no teacher to show them the gestures... and yet octopuses are among the most skilled animals. Their case forces us to reconsider our definition of intelligence, from ants to goldfish.
