Maximum context communication

How many messages or emails do you read? How many are clear right away?

How many do you have to figure out?

In communication, we tend to commit the error of thinking the other person is like us. We think they know everything…

What you think, you become

Buddha said that and it’s true.

We can convince ourselves of anything.

I’m a good person. I’m a bad person.

I’m confident. I’m shy.

Break your own rules

We all have rules. No more than two coffees. Only exercise in the morning. Go for a run on Sunday.

Whatever they are, they serve a purpose.

Or, served.

What you avoid becomes hard, what you do becomes simple

Have you heard of myelin?

It’s a fat that insulates synapses in the brain, optimizing the circuits that govern any action or thought we have.

How many ways can you see the world?

Are you a coder? A marketer? A designer? A manager? A systems thinker? A writer?

We might call these labels or professions, but they are really filters. Filters on reality that make it look different from what it is. A biologist sees a…

Start and finish

Start. Go wide, be creative, let your imagination run wild!
Finish. Go narrow, put your head down, cut the useless mercilessly out.

Both are fundamental modes of work.

Control the dominoes of emotion

Sometimes emotions come to us out of the blue, but sometimes they don’t. Sometimes, we can choose to control them.

After a surprising positive or negative external event happens, our automatic processes in the mind react, forming thoughts.

Don’t get into energy debt

Juice is not good for you, generally speaking. Mainstream juices contain waaayy too much sugar.

I had three half-juice-half-water glasses in the morning and I suspect that’s what messed up my energy. I felt tired and unfocused.

What’s a smart way to deal with this?

Stuff comes at you every day, fast. How do you handle it well?

You can dive in. Like a boxer bob and weave, punch and take hits. Into the fray.

Imagine your computer only played music

The computer is an amazing versatile tool and also a time sucking machine.

A while back I decided to write by hand in the evening. I put my laptop out of my immediate line of sight (and thus out of mind), put on a chill remix and…