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Skin in the game

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Workshop Olivian Breda - Casa Activistului

I like the “Skin in the Game” concept by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

How to apply this to the job market (an idea which, partially, I got from the author)?

  • It’s OK to be in a company (multinational, small business, etc.), as long as you want to grow from there – client-side.
  • Even better – work in an agency that exposes you to lots of situations. Or a job with lots of different projects.
  • Even better – be a freelancer.
  • Better – have your own digital agency.

There is a very large company in Romania doing eCommerce. Is it good to work for them? Yes. Are there better options? There sure are! It’s better, in my opinion, for a lot of career options to be a freelancer or work in an agency. At eMAG, you’ll likely be facing similar issues after a while; on the other hand, in an agency, you’ll meet lots of projects.

Also, should you work in an agency? Yes, that’s fine, but if you can, it’s even better to be a freelancer or start your own agency.

On the other hand, in my opinion, you should start within a system. So, don’t jump directly to start an agency, but work for someone else at first.

So, if you’re just getting started, work for eMAG, work for an agency. Do something like this in the beginning.

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Managing Partner vs. CEO

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Irina Pencea este noul General Manager al eMAG România

A lot of people add “CEO” to their title.

But what’s a CEO?

A chief executive officer (CEO)[1] (also known as a central executive officer, or just chief executive (CE), or as managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization – especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Are there differences?

A managing partner and a chief executive officer (CEO) are both senior executives who play a leadership role. Usually they are the highest-ranking person in the business. But there are some differences between the two. 

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In conclusion, a Managing Partner is not a CEO, and quite often, people say “CEO” when they actually mean “Managing Partner”.

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Complex vs. Simple audit

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Atelier Dragomirna - Homepage

When I make a typical “Simple” audit, I look at the most important things on a website.

When I go into “Complex” mode, I look at the same issue again and again.

You tend to be able to notice a lot more small things when you look deep, again and again.

Paradoxically, you can also discover important things by looking again and again.

By really pushing and insisting on things.

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Loving Opera

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The Phantom of The Opera

When I was in secondary school, sometimes in the 6th / 7th grade, I think I went to Opera in Constanza.

To my surprise, I saw a teacher  there. She was with her daughter, I think.

Sometimes, when I went to the Opera, I kept associating Opera with my Physics teacher.

Just seeing her in there made an association in my mind.

She was a very elegant teacher, very nice and well-prepared.

I regret she’s not with us anymore; I respect her a lot.

She always smiled.

I think she would be happy to see I like Opera and musicals, too.

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It takes a lot of work

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Peter - From the Stone Ages of Applied Mathematics

I once saw an interview with a national (international, maybe?) Olympian in high school.

He was asked something along the lines of “How did you get to this result?”.

His answer: It takes a lot of work, a lot of work.

I think it’s not enough.

To be successful, you need a combination of three things, in my opinion: put in a lot of work (be dedicated and serious in work), have some natural skills, and be in the right context (country, economic context, history time).

With any of these, you can get results, but a combination of two or even three makes it shine.

I don’t think that mere work solves any issue. Even in learning Mathematics, you need some talent; not anyone can become an Olympian, no matter how hard they try.

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On bettting ads

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FIFA World Cup 2022 venues and stadiums in Qatar

In my opinion, betting ads make football matches unwatchable.

Betting is an addiction; it brings nothing good, and just promoting them a lot makes the matches unwatchable.

I don’t want to look at a match where a lot of ads on betting occur.

It’s just unwatchable.

The problem is there is a lot of money involved, so the ads are everywhere – not just the commercials on TV, but on players’ equipment, on the stadiums, even in the name of the Football Leagues.

Since it’s impossible to skip them, the matches become unwatchable.

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Emotional memories

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Shlomi Kramer - eMotion

… Și, în plus, creează emoții. Memorii emoționale.
Asta e un lucru esențial. Ați văzut. Oricare poate să spună că a avut profesori buni pe parcursul formării.
Nu mai știm exact ce ni s-a spus atunci, dar ne aducem aminte ce trăiam, ce senzație trăiam la lecția cutare de chimie pe care ne-o preda un profesor extraordinar.

Mircea Miclea: Secretul succesului, România eșuată, OM vs. AI, definiția profesorului, nelibertate – YouTube

A lot of memories I have with a lot of people are based on emotions.

I remember little of what X said/did, but I remember how I reacted to their gestures.

The trouble with this? If I was 8 when I was annoyed, it doesn’t matter if now I would look at the situation differently.

It matters that when I was 8, I was happy/sad/angry at a person.

Their gesture – it’s irrelevant. Most of the time, either I can’t recall it, or it’s got a huge deformation in my mind (I don’t recall it correctly).

In conclusion – the memory is tricking me into remembering the wrong things about a person, mostly due to emotions.

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It’s good to be good, but it’s not that easy

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Marketing for Good - Here to help

If I’m not mistaken, I’ve listened to Bishop Robert Barron saying something along the lines of – “Hurting someone is easy. Doing evil is easy. Doing good and being good is hard.”

Also:

Răul poate să-l facă oricine, cât de nevolnic ar fi. Binele însă e numai pentru sufletele tari și firile călite. Răul: lapte pentru copii; binele: carne pentru adulți.

– Nicolae Steinhardt, Jurnalul fericirii, Editura Mănăstirii Rohia, Rohia, 2005, p. 162

I remember times when I hurt people. Most of those, I deeply regret. Some of them, I regret. For some, I’m indifferent. I’m proud of none.

Also:

Pacea este de patru ori mai mare decât dreptatea!

– Arhimandritul Arsenie Papacioc

Or:

“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
― Brad Meltzer

Do good, no matter how hard it is.

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