Gives you space. She helps you out. Plans. Commits you fixing your to-do list. Does the stuff you don’t have time for. We’re structurally too busy. We tend to plan too much in too little time. We receive too many e-mails. We have messages from everyone, all the time. A …
On a daily basis, I challenge co-workers on impact. People focus on projects all the time. Progress. Busywork. Projects. Optimizations. Processes. If your business doesn’t win today, why the illusion that it’s still in the game tomorrow? Where’s the focus on effectivity? Getting the job done, instead of doing the …
Today I’ve read 25 motivation letters. One even more extensive than the other. 300 words on average. Past experience. Working skills. The most original other fluff written. The letters that stood out had 60 words. 30 words. Even fewer. Very few words contain a message as well. Assume attention is 100%. …
Becoming great is not the result of never quitting. It’s the result of the act of quitting the right thing at the right time. The dip is that moment (it can last for weeks or years) before you reach greatness. All 30 years of experience, before you become CEO. Thousands …
Do you want fast? To go fast, you should go alone. Carry the least of baggage required. Fast means decision making that is not always fun, but rapid progress. Communication is baggage. Empathy is baggage. Generosity is baggage. Help is baggage. Don’t carry it if you want to go fast. …
Today. The American people celebrate the 244th Independence Day. Nowadays, nobody is actually happy that the US is not part of the UK. We don’t even think about it anymore. Still, the celebration of the declaration of independence of the monarch of Britain is huge. One of, of not the, …
Products need response. Positive response. Openminded views. Criticism. Gather the responses and go forward. Who do you want to be happy with your product? Everyone can criticize. But your product is not for everyone. Your product is for the people from whom you want criticism. Figure out who you want …
Garry Kasparov played already for 10 years as the world’s No.1 grand master of Chess, when he was beaten by a computer. A computer (deep blue) was better at chess than a human (Kasparov). In 1996 computer vs. human was world news. In 2017 it was a Machine Learning computer …
After a 5 year journey, 2008 Honda quit Formula 1. Only one race won in 2006, in a year dominated by Renault and Ferrari. Lack of performance. Financial crisis. In 2015 Honda returned in conjunction with all time great team McLaren, with great plans and one of the greatest formula …
It’s not speeding up, that makes you see more in life. It’s slowing down.