When most of your time is spent doing things you were doing yesterday. When the most common answer to ideas is "something to keep in mind for the future". When you get lost in planning and details, postponing what matters in search of perfect. When you and those around you are busy, and yet that … Continue reading Time to leap
Tag: resistance
A daily choice
Not being an asshole is a daily choice. Not letting your mood affect the way you treat others. Not setting the agenda of a company, of a department, of a team on the base of your current focus. Not having the stress derived from your position permeate every interaction, every decision, every exchange. Not allowing … Continue reading A daily choice
Two enemies
There are two major factors that go against doing. The first one is perfection. It's a myth, something everybody aims for and nobody ever achieves. It is the resistance of having all your ducks in a row, and it delays delivering until a day that will never come. The second one is analysis paralysis. At … Continue reading Two enemies
Presenting
If you are preparing to deliver a presentation that matters (to you), consider the following. Start with the audience and the change you'd like to see (even when you are just presenting results, you are still demanding a change). List them down somewhere and have them visible throughout the process. Have the deck ready early, … Continue reading Presenting
Allocating resources
The ability to move past things is a direct measure of future success. How long will you keep working on that project that has zero evidence of success potential? How long will you continue with the same strategy when everything around is telling you it's wrong? How many excuses will you come up with to … Continue reading Allocating resources
When asking for help
If you ask for help, the worst thing that could happen is that the person or the group you are asking to will not be receptive and you will not get any help. Your situation does not really get any worse. It's the same as having money to invest with only the potential gain to … Continue reading When asking for help
Shit
We all go through the same shit. That does not mean our pain, despair, fights, passions are all the same, indistinct reasons why we feel miserable. It means that most likely others can relate to it. Can understand. Can empathize. And it also means that we are not alone, not in our suffering. So, the … Continue reading Shit
