In the past, when I went to see theater plays, I used to have difficulties with paying attention.
I noticed that recently, I had fewer and fewer issues like this, and it’s becoming easier to pay attention.
I can focus and concentrate more, and generally, I don’t lose focus.
I saw a theater play last evening for the second time, and compared to the first time I saw it (Piesă de teatru – Cum să pierzi totul într-o zi?), I think I can focus more.
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
Rand Fishin: I don’t know what percent of CEOs consider this to be active parts of their job, but ever since my chat with Dan on the subject, I’ve had it hardwired that manufacturing serendipity, hand-in-hand with brand evangelism, should be at least 30% of my job. It’s something I’d recommend to others in my role, and to individuals of any profession who are seeking to advance their own careers and/or help the organizations they work for to achieve greater luck.
Going to events and taking part in networking gatherings is no easy task.
One problem is that you never know for sure, “I helped X, which in turn will benefit me … how, exactly?”
Still, at the end of the day, I consider it a nice thing to do.
Help others, do good.
Some time ago, I used to give free invites to premium events to people.
Some unfortunate things that tended to happen repeatedly:
The event organizers might give free invites as a sign of goodwill.
But if people don’t care enough about a €200 event that they would pay €200, perhaps they shouldn’t go.
Right now, I’m very much against free-invite events.
Vă întâmpin pe toţi cu Hristos a Înviat! Este realitatea ce cuprinde în sine nu numai persoana lui Iisus Hristos, a Dumnezeului – Om, ci a tuturor în Iisus Hristos. Şi în acelaşi timp mă întreb, dacă a înviat cu adevărat şi în mine, dacă eu am murit odată cu El păcatului şi am înviat odată cu El virtuţii, faptei celei bune. Şi nu ştiu ce să răspund şi atunci mă cutremur căci mi-e teamă că pentru mine El a înviat în zadar, însă încerc şi mă străduiesc să nu fie aşa!…
When I was young, I used to think in ultimate terms – either/or, it’s like this/it’s like that.
As time passed, I got to think more on more on paradoxical terms – it’s not black & white, it’s black and white, with lots of grey in between.
Am în memorie o persoană care avea expresia asta: “Bun, rău, e copilul meu!”
Se referea la faptul că poate copilul ei nu e perfect, dar îl iubește necondiționat.
Mă mișcă exprimarea.
Poate include o doză de judecată, dar, la finalul zilei, îți arată Nordul – dragostea necondiționată față de familie.
People compare their wealth to Lionel Messi or Bill Gates, not their neighbors or fellow workers.
But this is an impossible standard.
Lionel Messi had some personal talent, a huge amount of work, and, likely, some luck and some circumstances.
Bill Gates had relevant studies, was born in a wealthy country, and had the luck to be the right person at the right time.
How many people at the Messi or Gates level did Romania ever have? Only a few, and in other areas, not in football/computer software.
Of course, if you compare yourself to an impossible standard, you’ll likely feel discouraged and do nothing. “I can’t ever be Messy, so I’ll do nothing!”
But Messi is the exception.
In my opinion, people should compare themselves with the people next to them: a colleague, a nearby person, some friend.
Surely, most of them will not be enormously wealthy, but they’ll likely set a standard you can attain.
You can’t be Messy? OK, but how about being the person who works at a stadium in Bucharest where Messi will only once come in their lifetime?
You can’t be Gates? OK, how about you sell some computer software, even if it’s not a revolutionary and prevalent operating system?
And another article.
In London, I knew someone who used to say: “Definitely, it will happen!”
I liked that phrase so much!
What I remember is the pressure put on getting things done.
OK, you might have some personal problems, obstacles will arise, and there are difficulties and excuses.
But you’ll know for sure – “Definitely, it will happen!”
Sigmund Freud is explaining to a colleague the connection between fear and sex in human relationships. The colleague asks: “What comes between fear and sex?” Freud replies: “Fünf.” (source)
Why fear is reasonable when I cross a bridge – it mitigates risk, even though it’s unpleasant.
Looking at what’s beneath the bridge, I fear for my integrity, so I pay attention.
Fear might not be a good feeling, but it saves the day.
E o dilemă – oare BMW făceau bine când voiau să ofere anumite funcții (scaune încălzite) ca abonament opțional? Adică să ai scaunele fizic în mașină cu opțiunea de încălzire, dar să poți activa funcția doar contra cost, ca abonament. Adică ai plătit mașina, dar dacă vrei scaune încălzite, plătești un abonament.
Citisem într-un manual de economie că e mai ieftin în unele situații să produci un bun în cât mai puține variante, de exemplu e mai ieftină o tastatură pentru case de marcat cu simboluri Braille (pentru orbi), decât să facă una standard și una cu simboluri.
Nu îmi dau seama aici, dar poate e mai ieftină o mașină în mai puține variante de producție.
De asemenea, poate pentru unii clienți e simplu să zică “vreau la un moment dat, după un an, și un serviciu suplimentar, premium”, decât să zică “plătesc de la bun început toate opțiunile”.
În fine, poate sunt clienți care preferă să poată activa ușor o funcție, nu să meargă cu mașina în service o perioadă mai lungă pentru a li se pune o nouă funcție.
Planul BMW a picat, dar nu mi se pare o idee rea.