For the last couple of weeks I’m writing this blog in my bed. End of the day. Because I’ve made a commitment to write a blog every day. So it’s not an option not to write. It’s so easy to squeeze the five minutes in somewhere during the day, but …
Domains are the ‘land’ of the internet. Domain extensions are countries, domains are land. And at a certain moment (theoretically and practically) the countries are full. Unlike land, it doesn’t matter in what city you are. Big, small. It’s about what you build on the land because everyone can access …
Monday morning. My colleague walks into the office, where I’m already seated for some time. “Hey, morning! Wow it’s always warm in here, isn’t it?” she says. “Morning! That could be, I think it’s quite OK, neither warm nor cold.” I reply. And I realize she has been cycling for …
Every habit can be called an addiction and vice versa. The trouble is: habits grow you, addictions demolish you. Habits we usually call behavior we know we show routinely that is productive or ’the right thing’ (don’t mix this up by saying that all habits are easy). Addictions we usually …
Is easy and fun talk. It’s affirming you are better than someone else. But you don’t need that. Why would you? Gossip isn’t productive or constructive. It doesn’t change things for the better. If you catch yourself gossiping next time, instead look at yourself. If you can’t make the change …
I’ve seen videos and podcasts of UFC (MMA) coach Trevor Wittman, the coach of some really great fighters. He sais some things that resonate deeply with me and one of the things is this. “I don’t demand things from my athletes. I never tell them what to do. I just …
When we decide things, our job in social traffic is to get our considerations across. Understanding each other’s decisions establishes trust. Bit by bit. When we don’t understand each other’s decisions, that breaks trust (instant, definitely). When someone asks you to reconsider or to hear them out, they grant you …
Today I discovered once again the power of a small event creating new fresh energy in a project. We had obtained a lead, two weeks ago already, for a project that’s slow and stuck already for a year. Calling the lead – now after 2 weeks – who seems very …
The conversation on the Netflix original social dilemma is becoming mainstream. And just like all mainstream conversations, it will fade when something else, new, fresh, comes among. So we can make new social posts about it, our chat in our group chat apps. Once the social dilemma talk is gone, …
When you come across this word it either means that is impossible to change the status quo, our someone isn’t planning to do a particular thing. Whatever the case, there’s always a choice. Are you going to live with ‘no’, or are you going to do something about it?