June 2021
Beginner to intermediate
130 pages
2h 15m
English
Content preview from Negotiate Your Way to Success
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DO you recall the airplane test? Many years after I met the retired professor on the plane, he reached out with an idea to establish an inter-institutional cooperation between the two European universities we were working for. That is how I ended up moving from Paris to Switzerland. There is a saying among the Swiss regarding the flow of time, “If you want to age slower, move to Switzerland.” The academic curriculum felt like a breeze compared to the balancing act between my weekday manager and weekend lecturer role.
Old habits die hard. I never followed a singular path, neither at university nor in my professional life. It felt strange wearing only one hat, as if the time train had passed and I was left behind on the ...