It was in 2016 when I, with a small group of people, visited Bolivia. We drove from north to south coming from Peru and continuing to Chile. Aside from the otherworldly salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, I was profoundly… Read More ›
Life
Don’t Confuse Confidence With Competence
The higher you get in the management hierarchy the more confidence you need to exude. No one is going to follow a leader who looks confused and lost. You still want to listen to what others have to say but… Read More ›
Life Is Not A Zero-Sum Game
After years of managing people and many more years managing myself, I realized that the one thing that is hurting one’s success and happiness is their attitude. It is not about what happens to you but how you decide to… Read More ›
The Quest To Find The White Elephant
It was in 2015 when I traveled with a small group of people to Namibia. We started at the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and went through Botswana all the way to Namibia. Botswana is an incredible country with lots to… Read More ›
Don’t Forget How To Walk
It was in 2012 when I spent a couple of weeks in Indonesia. Part of the visit was a week-long trek to the heart of Papua. Papua is one of the remote places on Earth where you can still see… Read More ›
You Really Don’t Have To
“I’m sorry, I have to finish this today, so I can’t help you.” “I have to go shopping on Saturday; I can’t make the trip.” “I have to get a more paying job so that I can pay back the… Read More ›
How First Impression Narrows Your Vision
It was in 2016 when I traveled to Bolivia and on the road had an opportunity to witness how first impression and lack of information can narrow your vision and lead to friction in communication. I was travelling on a… Read More ›
Why Leaders Should Stop Obsessing With Happiness
What does it mean to be happy? Evolution provided an easy recipe for happiness. It is about satisfying a specific need. Are you hungry? Get something to eat and you will feel happy. Are you afraid of drowning? Get out… Read More ›
Don’t Treat Others As You Want To Be Treated
Since I was a kid I was told to treat others the way I wanted to be treated by them. It always felt like a great advice and a common wisdom worth following. And so I lived by this motto… Read More ›
Excuses That Turn Us Into Jerks
Most of us worked with people or reported to managers who acted as jerks. Most of us hated these interactions and couldn’t understand why would anyone act in such antisocial, immoral, or abusive ways. In Why Good Employees Become Bad… Read More ›
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