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The preaching chair at the Cathedral, Brussels

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crossconnectmag : Illustrations by Qing Han Qing Han aka Qinni is a 26-years old and very talented, professional doodler from Canada. Her works are very popular (402k followers on Instagram), and instantly become viral (last post of Instagram: almost 14,000 likes per hour). Catch the rest of her work also on Tumblr .  Cross Connect Mag // Facebook - Twitter - Instagram posted by Margaret crss

We live in a fast paced world, and it is getting increasingly difficult to keep up with the tempo of things. With the advent of more sophisticated technology and software, our lives are even more chaotic and disrupted. If we don’t check up on social media in two hours, we start to feel jittery. We put on the news, even when we don’t want to, so that we don’t miss out on important happenings around the world. We are besieged by emails and text messages that add no value to our lives, yet we feel compelled to open each and every one of them. The hours in a day are still 24 hours, same as it was from time immemorial, but it does seem to be getting shorter, because there is so much to do (most of it irrelevant) and not quite enough time to do them all. But we live only once, and we get no other chance to redo what we have done wrong. This is the time to take back our lives, this is the time to reclaim what modern times, technology and our anxiety has taken from us. This is the time to t

Design for a concert hall, Frankfurt

Design for a dining room, Stuttgart

Aerial view of Midtown with the Rockefeller Center under construction, New York City

London Bridge, London

Inigo Jones’ plan for Whitehall Palace

Design proposal for new street facades at the Strand, London

St. Mark’s Hospital, New York City

General plan for a competition design of a travelers hotel on an island on a lake.

I’ve always been interested in finding new ways to boost my productivity. Recently, a colleague of mine recommended an online productivity assessment tool that he’d tried out. His words caught my attention, especially as he mentioned that the assessment was free – and only took around 2 minutes to complete! For most people (including myself), productivity is the difference between success and failure. Just think about your typical working day… However well you plan your tasks at the start of the day, if your productivity falls below par, you’ll quickly find yourself running out of time to complete all your work. So, what is the online productivity assessment that my colleague recommended? It’s called the GTD-Q® assessment. Developed by David Allen, the assessment evaluates two key elements of self-management: control and perspective. While the assessment is not supposed to be a comprehensive overview of the way you work, in just 2 minutes of answering some simple questions, you’

“It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to learn from others.” Some people prefer learning through conversations, whilst others find inspiration through reading about the lives of others. Many successful and powerful individuals have documented their journey of ups and downs so that they can be an example for others to either follow in their footsteps, or avoid the potholes. Whether you are in need of inspiration for the next creative campaign, wanting to ignite a new business idea, or just wanting to find new inspiration to motivate yourself, this selection of 7 books featuring highly successful individuals from different walks of life will give you new perspective on how you can be in control of the successes in your life. 1. Elon Musk: Inventing the Future by Ashlee Vance This book is for all who loves the real-life Tony Stark, Elon Musk. The shining bright star of Silicon Valley had three failed marriages and severe sleep deprivation, but he had