Open Happiness

Hi there,

I'm so excited to tell you more about what must be a collaboration of two of my most favorite things: Meet the Coca-Cola collection by OPI.

Coca-Cola by OPI contains nine new, limited edition nail polishes inspired by the world-famous drinks from the Coca-Cola Company. The colors go from classic Coca-Cola Red, to metallic silver for Diet Coke, black with red glitters for the Coke Zero, warm purple for Cherry Coke and a beige color for Vanilla Coke. The line also contains a glistening green color for Sprite, a fresh orange and deep purple for Fanta Orange and Fanta Grape.

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My personal favorite is the classic red color, it's just such an iconic color. Apart from the fact that it is such a pretty color I'm very happy with the coverage of the nail polish, one layer suffices to get the vibrant red color and even one week later, with some touch ups of my tips, my nails look as if I just painted them. With the pictures below you can decide for yourself, is it really a Coca-Cola Red nail polish? I certainly think so.

What is your favorite color from the collection?

3 Tips to be a good TEAM

Hi there,

Today I would like to share with you my 3 golden tips to be a great team. Off course it makes perfect sense that working hard and to the best of your abilities will lead to a good result for your team, however there is a bit more to it. How to make your team a real TEAM- so that Together Everyone Achieves More?

1. Define the Task

Make sure you clearly know what the tasks of your project are. Knowing where you're going is already half of the problems' solution and it helps in asking specific questions to the person you're doing the project for (whether that is your professor or your boss).

2. Divide and Conquer

With all sub-tasks well defined it is easy to divide the work among the team members. These sub-tasks make clear goals which makes to project more approachable. Make sure that one sub-task is never so complicated that it takes more than 10 min to explain to a team member that hasn't worked on it yet. This is to avoid that when one person gets stuck no one can help him out.

3. Give feedback and Motivate

Giving feedback on each others work is one of the best ways to keep your team members motivated. It shows you've taken the time to look at their work and that gives a feeling of appreciation and recognition. It is also a way of steering each other in the right direction towards the completion of the sub-task, and in the end, the whole project.

I hope these tips are somewhat useful to you and that you can implement them next time you have to work in a team. What is the best way to be a good team according to you?

This is me

Hi there,

My name is Margot. I Live in Belgium, a small country in Western Europe. I'm a soon to be graduate in chemical engineering science with an additional interest in all things business and economically related. I love to read and learn new things.

I know this might make me seem a little geeky (and I probably am to some extend) but there is so much more to it. I love to travel, am addicted to several tv series (what's not to love about Suits, The Big Bang Theory, Game Of Thrones and -for old-times' sake- Friends) and I love shopping and make-up as much as the next girl does.

I strongly believe every one of us has the capacities to make a change in this world. With my blog I hope to inspire you to do just that. But, we don't have to be serious all the time so there will also be room to just have fun and appreciate the little things.

I hope to see you around!