attitude – Road to improvement

Choose your own adventure

6 marzo, 2022Publicado en attitude, communication, decision makingEtiquetado como change, life, PersonalDeja un comentario

During the 80’s and 90’s existed a serial of books that allowed the reader to choose how to live the adventure, by deciding what path to take. Each of them had around 30 possible different endings.

Before the pandemic, we knew how to handle our day to day, and from time to time we could pick up something different, just to give it a try, living a secure experience.

But, COVID, turned upside down our life, transforming it into kind of a “choose your own adventure”. The difference here, is that there were no written possibilities, no written rules. No one told us the way we should deal with the lockdown, how to handle our social relationships also when back to normality and for sure, no one was able to give a guideline on how to go back to ”I know what comes next”.

Any tiny reminder of our previous us, is fine, why not watch again that movie? Change or repeat the small things that are under our control. Build our new, owned ”normal”.

Wax on, wax off

11 enero, 2022Publicado en attitude, trainingEtiquetado como change, karate kid, TransitionDeja un comentario

We live in a fast pace world and we expect ourselves to transition at the same speed. New job, personal changes, .. we want to be in the game right away, no waiting, no time in between phases. And when we see that it takes longer than expected to be up and running, or that the previous experience is of no use, … impatience, frustration.

Any process in life takes its own roadmap and pace, its own transition period or learning curve. From time to time we can find a shortcut, but, still, will have to do the walk. And while we take the ride it probably will not make any sense, seem surreal, unnecessary.

But, once you get there, you reach the projected goal, pieces will start to fit and almost without realizing it, Boom! You got it!

Wax on, wax off.

Always open to change

1 noviembre, 20211 noviembre, 2021Publicado en attitudeEtiquetado como change, learning, something new1 comentario

Any change starts and ends with ourselves. Regardless of who or what initiated the process, if was our own decision or it was due to our circumstances.

Next week it will be 4 years since I wrote about this topic and described the possible triggers or motives that lead to change, to move: I have to (motive, need) do something different, I want to (desire, hope) change or I want a better future, I feel I should (emotion) do something, to act.

It does not matter how did you get there, what it matters is what you do once you are.

It’s been a while since I wrote for the last time.

A good friend shared this old post with me again, and reminded me how important is to keep going, knowing that someone has your back, no matter how scary the next step might be.

New season, new posts.

Our choice of words

22 mayo, 2021Publicado en attitude, communicationEtiquetado como choice, communication, languageDeja un comentario

Language is the main vehicle for communication. It’s how we learn at the earliest stage of our life how the worlds looks like and works. It is part of what defines us, who we are or who we want to become.

So, the words we choose, the way we express ourselves, say a lot about us, how do we want to relate with other people. It is a tool and a modeling clay. You decide how to see the world and how to be seen.

What do you mean? = I don’t see what you are doing or I am not able to see it it the same way

I agree = we both see it the same way

I disagree = I have a different approach, a different look

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So, our choice of words are quite a thing!

When everything goes crazy

16 mayo, 20216 marzo, 2022Publicado en attitudeEtiquetado como change, evolution, New life, revolutionDeja un comentario

We might want to stay quiet inside our shells. Maybe we don’t understand how everything ended up like this and spend some time trying to find an explanation. It could not be that crazy before, there was a way out of this, somehow.

Wherever it comes from, this is what happens with disruption. Our life’s are turned upside down. Be careful, take care and why not? jump into the craziness and see if there is something we can do.

Different eyes, different look

4 abril, 2021Publicado en attitude, communicationEtiquetado como art, careful, conversation, WordsDeja un comentario

Same movie, two friends, none of them had the same interpretation about the plot, felt the same way regarding the characters or were caught by the same moments. There will never be two equal interpretations of a piece of art, a book, a movie or a situation when not the same two pair of eyes are admiring them.

Even when it comes to ourselves, depending on the vital moment we are art and words will reach us differently.

Love sharing how do you see the world and listen to how others do. That will possibly lead to conversations, heated discussions, or end up with an “agree to disagree”. Always respectfully.

Words are delicate, they need care and sensibility when we give them away.

Vertigo

27 marzo, 2021Publicado en attitude, leadershipEtiquetado como challenge, changes, people, teamDeja un comentario

It can be described as the feeling or sensation that the body is spinning or that objects are spinning around it.

And kind of something similar is what we feel when we face (out of the blue) the unknown, when there is a no written path or rules to follow. So then, you hope you can find at least someone or something to hold on to so you can feel secure.

Sudden changes, moving away of what you control and enjoy can be scary. Listening, watching how people acts and what is going on around you, helps. And if you mix it with what your inner self tells you, everything gets better. And then, the spinning slows down, the vertigo turns into something different, a bit of nervousness as you feel the thrill, the challenge and the growth right in front of you.

Not today…

20 marzo, 202120 marzo, 2021Publicado en attitudeEtiquetado como action, motion, Motivation1 comentario

I start writing long time ago (for more than 3 years now). It helped me to organize thoughts, give a structure, to do something different and fun. As time went by, I moved from 1 post a day to writing once a week.

Nowadays from time to time, I tell to myself excuses when I am not in the mood for writing. No fresh ideas, no energy, no time.

It can be hard, but if it is feasible just go that extra mile, no need to be perfect just to deliver something good enough. Do not lose motion. Perfectionism can kill action sometimes.

MVP

20 febrero, 2021Publicado en attitude, communicationEtiquetado como delivery, effort, Energy, workDeja un comentario

Minimum Viable Product can be defined as ”that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort”.

How many times we seek for perfection? How long did it take the last time you delivered something 100% “well-made”?

Sometimes it’s better to deliver a minimum viable product, even more in the uncertain environment we are immersed in. Invest the right amount of energy in creating it, learn from the received feedback and apply it to deliver an enhanced version.

Long run, small steps, saving energy.