Category: Blog

A key element I often find missing during business hours is transparency. We tend to hide information instead of share it, as if hiding will make that information more valuable, as if it can protect us.

What’s happening though is that the missing information goes against us, people will draw different conclusions, maybe even bad ones, thinking that maybe you’re going against them, which might not be the case.

I think transparency is important. Not to the extremes but as a baseline. It adds trust and makes people lead the way, instead of hiding errors or ideas.

When a meeting is filled with too many people there’s a question we should always ask ourselves “What’s everyone’s role?” Because the thing is: If we do have a role, then it should be clear what our contribution is going to look like.

If we don’t it subtly says that we can talk whenever we want, but the whole point of a meeting (if really needed) should be to align everyone on the topics, to move forward.

If we add too many people there’s always the risk that the conversation will take many detours and that’s not what we want. We should fight as much as possible to keep the conversation tidy and clean, small and concise, effective and open.

How do you deal with procrastination? One of the best advices I’ve ever came across was this: Schedule something small each day. Small enough that it won’t bother you, big enough that it’ll make a difference.

Start with this and increase the volume when you’re ready. This is a simple recipe but it works each time because doing something small makes it manageable and therefore we’re less likely to avoid or skip it.

Procrastination is often an issue with the complexity of things, or even the plan.

Once we do the plan and laid out some easy pre flight checks, then we’re ready to go.

I always loved presents from the past. When you make a gift to your future self. It’s why many years ago I decided to have my first tattoo. I couldn’t imagine that would also be my last tattoo, but after all its meaning stayed the same.

It’s wonderful when you want to fix a concept in time and remind yourself of that concept later in the future.

To me it was love. A feeling and way of interacting with people that, day by day, I try to remind to myself. But to each their own. Each of us might have a different story a different phrase to remember.

What would you say to your future self? What are the key things you love about yourself now, your views, that you’d like to remind to your future self in the hope that they are almost the same?

There’s a man where I work, it’s one of the most skilled individuals I’ve ever come across. Right now he’s the head of developments of a big company, but I had the chance to meet him long ago, when he was following a small project for another big brand.

How did he get there? Not from one company to another, but he climbed up the roles to get to head of development. He took many years, but he did it.

Today many people ask for his time, people from all over the company want his help.

Why he’s so critical now?
He got connections. He knows how to handle them. He knows how to value people.

A set of connections he built thanks to his technical and human skills, that is his value. That is what’s different.

It’s like when a startup gets bought. They’re not only buying the idea, they’re buying a team capable of communicating, delivering work, finding the right balance between dreams and pragmatism.

Being good at your job is a good start, but to be great you need to understand and explore the surroundings, empower those around you, create a network.