In 1900, Édouard and André had a problem. About 10 years earlier, they had started producing pneumatic tyres for bicycles in Clermont-Ferrand (France), and after a while they expanded their business with pneumatic tyres for cars. Their pneumatics were special for the time, as they were not glued to the wheel, and therefore could easily … Continue reading Learning from the past
Category: culture
Inputs and outputs
Admitting that luck has a huge part in most of our achievements and successes does not mean diminishing them. Nor does it mean diminishing our skills and capacities. It's more about understanding that there are a set of things we have under our control and a set of things (usually bigger) that we have absolutely … Continue reading Inputs and outputs
An additional point on focus
A person can normally be focused, or in "flow", for 50 to 90 consecutive minutes (source: Peak Performance, by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness). So, after you have picked your long, medium and short term focus, and after you have made sure that the amount of push distraction (e-mails, notification, colleagues, and so on) are … Continue reading An additional point on focus
Focus
Focus is a simple concept and a very challenging practice. Focus is understanding what is important and what not in your life, what you want to achieve and what is your end game. Where do you want to get before your time is over? Focus is making short and medium term decisions about what to … Continue reading Focus
Give me your losers
It is understable to be wanting to learn from winners. To look up to them as if they were demi-god, to try to absorb all of their practices, strategies, tactics, to susped our disbelief when reading of their heroic feats, to become at times obsessed with their words and spread them as if they were … Continue reading Give me your losers
Legacy
What is your predominant status? Anger. "You can't, you shan't". This is the status of fear, of control, of walls to be built, of closed doors and burnt down bridges, of punishment, of arrogance, of self-blindness, of others as a tool to achieve your goals. Regret. "I could, I should". This is the status of … Continue reading Legacy
Permission marketing
Permission Marketing is a book (and an idea) by Seth Godin that is 20 years old this year. And yet, its message is still so powerful and actual. Permission is the opposite of interruption. With traditional media, people's attention is constantly interrupted with an advertisement, that basically asks them to focus on something they did not … Continue reading Permission marketing
