We are finally going out more in the summertime which could lead to small talk. Here are your favourite fun facts about languages to help you impress people at parties:

• The world’s rarest languages have just a few speakers: among them are Hanti or Njerep.
• The constructed language Toki Pona has only around 120 words; and promotes positive thinking.
• There are many fictional languages – The one with the most speakers is probably Klingon.
• The Prisma team speaks on average 4.5 languages. (Unfortunately, no one speaks a fictional language yet)

• Language families Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan have the most speakers worldwide.
• Esperanto, the biggest constructed language, was created in the 1800s to foster harmony around the world.
• More than half the world’s population is bilingual.
• Start learning a new language by memorizing the 1000 most important words. It will lead a lot faster to fluency.

Do you learn languages easily? Would you learn a fictional language?

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Growing takes time, energy and also rest. Find here our Prisma Growth Strategies for the month of July with our take on timeboxing, vision boards and leadership skills.

Timeboxing

Project management is all about time management. Have you heard about timeboxing to plan your time more efficiently?

• Set your time “budget” for each sub-activity
• You can spend less time, but should never spend more time than allocated
• Plan nothing else during the task
• Inform everyone that you should not be disturbed

Learning how to use your time effectively can a big step in your career and personal life.

Vision boards

Visualising your goals, dreams and desires might help you reach them faster. What better way to do this than vision boards.

Pictures, keywords and affirmations: there are no rules for your personal board. You can create a collage only containing pictures.

What else to include? How about: motivational quotes, meaningful tokens, a draft version of your book cover or company logo.

Prisma Tip: Create a digital vision board to be used as a screen saver or on your desktop.

Leadership

The perfect leader is creative, flexible, empathic and inspirational. A strategic thinker. A great communicator. And a Motivation Speaker. Focused, knowledgeable and organised. The leader listens actively, while noticing the small things and seeing the big picture.

Does this sound like a lot to you too?

Prisma Tip: Take it step by step. It is a process to become great at anything. This includes leaders.

As always, we love to see you grow.