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  • Boy Scout Rule – Secret Sauce Against Degradation

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    One of the most important qualities that I look for into in people is if they care about our common interests. This can be a contractor that goes the extra mile when renovating my house. It can be a partner who does small, but important steps to make our relationships flourish. Care is about continuous…

  • Tough Times in Tech: How to Deal and Survive

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    This article is not a historical analysis. This article discusses how to deal and survive during tough times in tech industry, how to motivate yourself and your team. Both managers and individual contributors can find it useful. Folks from the tech industry remember epidemic times a bit differently than others. There was shock, unrest, and…

  • Efficiency and Effectiveness Difference

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    There is a difference between efficiency and effectiveness. This is a very common question that pops up from time to time during planning, executing, retrospective analysis, and everyday life. In short, efficiency is about doing things right to achieve the goal (emphasis on execution), and the effectiveness is about doing the right things to achieve…

  • How to Be a Good Manager

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    Managing is extremely difficult. Looking back, being an individual contributor has certain benefits. As a contributor, you are responsible only for your own actions, you are almost not involved in politics, and the work scope is focused and specific. Sometimes I do miss those days, but the complexity of management makes it enough fun and…

  • How to Track Employees

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    “John keeps failing the deadlines”, “Joana is unresponsive during work hours”, “I do not know what my employers are doing and sometimes it feels like company just wastes money” – these are real questions my clients ask during coaching sessions. I am an adept of Socrates’ approach, so I am trying to nudge people into…

  • Cold Morning Showers – My Chilling Journey in Cold Conditioning

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    TLDR Invest 2-4 weeks into adjusting to the coldest shower you could possibly have on a daily basis and get more healthy, energetic, and focused! Cold conditioning is free and takes only willpower and dedication. The origins of cold conditioning The concept of conditioning human body with cold to make it stronger is as old…

  • Blog expectations

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    I want to share my expectations for this blog and tell what actually drives me in sharing and helping. This will give more information to you, my dear readers, what you can expect from this blog in return. Intelligence types I want to confess – I am not smart at all. There are myriads of…