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Taking Proper Notes, 1 – the Cornell Method

Suppose you’re at a conference, a workshop, a lecture, a meeting. Someone’s talking, giving you information. You want to take notes to not forget the important stuff. I get it. Makes sense. Here’s how I do it. I use a…

How to Quickly Profile People, part 3

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Now we know what DISC profiles are. And we know how to figure out what profile people are. Let’s put that to good use. Let’s see how to interact with, and manage, each profile. Managing Dominants Dominants want agency and…

How To Quickly Profile People, part 2

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We spoke about DISC profiles. Go read that if you haven’t yet. It’s all there. Done? Great. Let’s continue. As I was saying, we spoke about DISC profiles. Some people are Dominant, some are Influencing, some others are Steady, and…

How To Quickly Profile People, part 1

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Criminal Minds is enthralling. A bunch of gun bearing nerds with a private airplane fly to places to find serial killers by profiling their behaviour and personality. So cool. Maybe you want to be a profiler too. If you thought…

Interlude

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My daughter woke up early today. To throw up repeatedly all over. So I can’t write what I wanted to, and I need to keep this short and quick instead. Here’s an interesting quote to ponder instead of a full…

Mission, Vision, and Other Weird Words

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I hear a lot of confusion around a bunch of words. These words are “mission”, “vision”, “strategy”, “roadmap”, “backlog”. I get it: it’s all a bit vague, and they all connect together somehow, but let’s put some clarity in, so…

Happy Projects Are SMART Projects

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You might have heard of SMART goals. You might even have heard of smart working. Today, I bring you SMART projects: a five points mnemonic to ensure your next software project goes amazing! Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating. But it’s still…

2023-02-09 A Month Has Gone By

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Time flies when you’re having fun. I’ve been posting here for a month. Which means I’ve been working on my goals, and sharing my thoughts with you for that long. While there is still a long way to go, this…

2023-02-08 Quello che ho capito sulla mindfulness

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Quasi tutto, nella vita, è un gioco, o una coreografia. Il lavoro, il corteggiamento, la socializzazione, i viaggi, gli investimenti, la scrittura, prendere un caffè, guidare, fare esercizio e, in pratica, qualsiasi altra attività che svolgi, hanno uno scopo. Hanno…

2023-02-08 What I Understood About Mindfulness

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Almost everything, in life, is some sort of game or choreography. Work, dating, socialising, travelling, investing, writing, buying coffee, driving, exercising, and basically any other activity you do every day, has a purpose. It has rules, it has winning and…