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 … Continue reading Choose your own adventure
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 … Continue reading Our choice of words
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 … Continue reading Different eyes, different look
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 … Continue reading MVP
It is not what I meant, I am sorry if you felt that way, ... Many times we feel we need to apologize as our message did not reach the way we expected the receiver. Conversations can mislead to confusion, sometimes misunderstandings about what we wanted end up in a non desired conclusion. This gets … Continue reading Miscommunication
When someone else has already walked a path, it’s easy to feel tempted by the opportunity to take what was done, and rewrite it, give our style, flavor and that is it. But it is all about the details why, when in what circumstances was the exercise performed, what was the motivation behind those words? … Continue reading Script: from scratch or rewritten
We have a limited amount of time during the day. We need to provide food for ourselves, have restorative sleep, ... If we want to make our relationships worthwhile, we need to dedicate them, time. The more is invested in relationships, the less can be dedicate to all the rest of the activities. So, on … Continue reading Taking care of our Social relationships
When there is someone who makes a fuss about meaningless stuff, escalates issues when there is no need it can be because many different things. Could be that priorities were not set or understood or because they do not want to bring to the table important topics to be discussed. Make a big deal of … Continue reading This is not the right time
“If we were supposed to talk more than to listen, we would have two tongues and one ear” Mark Twain If we learn by observing, by copying someone else’s movements, learning by listening is a great option. In listening we can learn many important things. But that it’s not what usually happens. We tend to … Continue reading T / L Ratio
Some of us have spent the last months working from home. Suddenly, there was a change of scenario, far from the office, colleagues, coffee breaks and interruptions that led us to increase our performance. Quiet times at home allowed us to concentrate much more on what we were doing. But after a while, performance, or … Continue reading Concentration & performance