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Inadequacy… the positive way!

Dear Reader, I am prone to fall into a sense of inadequacy, more often than I would like. That feeling is sometimes the cause of a certain kind of paralysis: how can I act, if I’m not adequate/good enough/self-assured? In a… Continue Reading →

Habits and Silver Bullets

Dear Reader, How many times you saw one of your proposals (when it was a reasonable one) rejected because “Yes, but it doesn’t solve the problem straight away”. “Yes, but the problem is bigger than this”. “Yes, but it does… Continue Reading →

Dear Reader, You may have had an idea, a vision for the future, based on what other people are doing. Someone will tell you that “in our organisation, this is pure science fiction”. Tell’em this: “Since someone is doing it,… Continue Reading →

A Child’s Game

Dear Reader, Children have an uncanny ability to keep scores. They are used to play, remember goals, hits and tokens. They also tend to remember missed promises and broken vows for like… ETERNITY! A child knows if you are trustworthy… Continue Reading →

The Anatomy of Caring

Dear Reader, I’ve already written about one aspect of caring (see my post Intensive care unit), but there is another one close to my heart and that I feel is often underrated. In many simple conversations or even in writing we… Continue Reading →

Pounding at the Pond

Dear Reader, Saturday I was visiting a nice little pond near my house, its name translates literally to “Frogs’ Lake”. Here is a photograph: While my kids were playing constructing some fortification with branches and I was sitting on a bench… Continue Reading →

Advanced Devil & Details

Dear Reader, In one of my previous posts (Here the link) I reasoned about the abundance of details that can bring greatness to a piece of work. What I did not write is a more actionable aspect: what can I… Continue Reading →

The educated person should never be afraid of proclaiming his ignorance.

Plus and Minus

Dear Reader, Very often these days I see people operating in what I call “subtraction mode”: “For me to have more, you need to have less.” The “more” to be had is whatever more you may imagine (money, freedom, rights,… Continue Reading →

Devils & Details

Dear Reader, It is often said that “the Devil’s in the details”, meaning that what can betray you lies in the smallest detail, the one you forgot to take care of. Well, I see two problems with that definition. The… Continue Reading →

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