Endorsing someone or something demands a huge amount of honesty and awareness. Honesty, because you need to be absolutely sincere both with those you recommend and with those you recommend to. The former need to know what you stand for, what you can and cannot accept, what you will do in case trust is broken. … Continue reading Endorsement
Things done right
The moment we think: "if you want things done right, do it yourself". That is the moment things actually stop being done. No matter the level we reach in our career, we are not responsible for everything and we are not capable of doing everything. The illusion that telling others what needs to be done … Continue reading Things done right
Dangers and threats
We are constantly scanning our environment for dangers and threats. And we end up seeing dangers and threats pretty much everywhere. Even when an actual danger or threat is not there, or is still just a hint of what might later become a danger or threat. The wisest way one can spend their time is … Continue reading Dangers and threats
Do not bother asking
If at the end of a fairly long and ambiguos onboarding, you are displayed the following message, chances are you are going to abandon the product and never come back. Of course, there's the fact that automatically charging the customer's credit card after a free trial period is a truly bad practice, and a way … Continue reading Do not bother asking
Overwhelmed
What is your tactic when you fell overwhelmed? Those moments when you cannot think clear, you have tens of forces from different places pushing on your skulls, and the amygdala is about to take control with your favourite version of fight, flight or freeze? Moments like that happen many times throughout the days, and it … Continue reading Overwhelmed
Gap
And of course, this is a direct consequence of the fact that concepts are susceptible to different interpretations. As long as organizations will continue approaching culture as a list of evocative words, the gap between culture (what management wants) and climate (what employees experience) will remain wide. And values statement will be abstract, generic and … Continue reading Gap
Say it isn’t so
I have always been fascinated and vaguely astonished by the fact that, at times, communication is successful. We do not put enough emphasis and preparation into it, and we have so many different ways to look at the world and interpret it, that it is quite a thing that two persons can come together at … Continue reading Say it isn’t so
Mantra
This is a mantra worth reminding, as marketers seem to forget it all the time. No one wants to hear about your product. And there are beautiful examples of what can be achieved when this becomes an assumption underlying your content strategy. It also works, by the way.
Merely
Acceptance is not about understanding and appreciating that the world (your friends, acquaintances, family, colleagues, your context, your work, your environment, your company) is wrong, and then spending your life complaining, regretting, plotting. Acceptance is about understanding and appreciating that the world merely is. What is around you does not change, it is the degree … Continue reading Merely
Bold
If you have to be bold about one thing in life, be bold about picking yourself. The time of waiting for others to pick us is over. Bosses, teachers, examiners, recruiters are nowadays just as powerful as we let them. Be the one to pick yourself instead. To do what you are passionate about. To … Continue reading Bold
