Do This to Stay Sharp
Write a little something on a regular basis. It doesn't need to be good. It doesn't need to be published. It's for you, to clear your head, to refine your voice, to let go. Do that and you'll start to notice positive
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Jobs to Be Done Types
Story time: A colleague of mine asked me for some Jobs-to-be-Done type definitions. You know, the classic functional, social, and emotional types. I thought a quick Internet search would suffice, but no. I didn't find something concrete. With little patience, and thinking I may have lost my search
What Andy Brown Recommends You to Read
"Connect, Multipliers, Productivity Ninja, and Who Moved My Cheese..." Andy Brown is an award-winning advisor. He provides coaching to leaders in people-based businesses, enabling them to make better decisions more quickly. I asked Andy for 4 books he can specifically recommend to you, dear reader and awesome leader.
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This Reminds Me to Stay Sharp
The sword is the mind When the mind is right, the sword is right. When the mind is not right, the sword is also not right. He who wishes to study the sword, must first study his mind. This poem, written by Toranosuke Shimada, is one of the few I
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How a Simple Writing Practice Looks Like
After I open my laptop, I write a bit. In the morning, right after I open my laptop, I go to my Obsidian app. In there, I open a "today's daily note" and write down my thoughts. Sometimes, I spend a minute and write a sentence
How to Start a Simple Writing Practice
"Start with basic principles, go slow and build" — Seth Godin If you want to jumpstart a regular writing practice, follow these steps to increase your odds at being consistent. Set Up 1. Find an anchor moment—an existing routine where you can tie your new practice as easy
What's Your Default Kind of Kindness?
I just read a short post about helpfulness as an amplifier. It was written by Josh Spector, a very generous content strategist that I'm a fan of. According to Josh, it pays to be helpful. I agree 100% (and I bet you do as well!) However, it'
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2 Questions to Let People Decide
These 2 are my favorite questions when it comes to making up my mind. I memorised the 1st one about 8 years ago. This is my tactical one that helps me clarify what to do next as the day progress: Question 1 What's the most important thing I
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Are You Making Problems Bigger or Smaller?
Be mindful before giving unsolicited feedback, especially, when you're dying to tell people they were wrong AND you have the key to make it right... WHAT'S AT STAKE People might perceive you as someone who makes problems bigger (instead of smaller). TO AVOID If you really
The 4 Habits of Highly Awesome Leaders (Part 2)
In part 1 we kicked harder than slide decks. In part 2, we’ll defy the notion of “vision” and trade fortune telling for succeeding in the now; all this under 3 minutes. Enjoy! HABIT #2: HACK VISION “Be a visionary” or so they say… We’ve been persuaded to
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Career Transition Mixtape for Awesome Leaders Like You
Are you in the middle of a career transition? I've made this mixtape for you based on my personal taste and on what I recommend to close friends 🤟. Here you'll find quality over quantity and a range from the subtle to the practical. Rock on! 💡I
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Sometimes, more is more!
The other day, at my day-job, I learned that it takes way more time to complete an internal coaching program we provide. Our hypothesis was that after 9 months or so, people will be ready to continue the journey by themselves. However, after gathering some data, we realized we need