Companies rise and fall. Nothing is forever. This isn’t a cliché. The largest companies in the world gave way to other companies. Giants have gone bankrupt. It’s a fact of life. What I find extremely frustrating is when great companies fall over easily foreseeable errors. When the red flags were waving, the alarm bells wentContinue reading “Will We Ever Learn”
Tag Archives: Planning
I Guess This is Obvious
A lot of the decisions I make rely on assumptions. It’s so much easier to work with assumptions than to validate every bit of information that is factored into a decision. It can also prove to be a terrible mistake. Assumptions are risky shortcuts. What if your assumption was correct at some point in time,Continue reading “I Guess This is Obvious”
Grab Success By The…
I grew up believing my success depended on how hard I tried. That it depended on the number of times I fell and got up. That successful people had to go through the same. I am older now, and understand statistics better. The numbers tell us about two thirds of the world’s billionaires are selfContinue reading “Grab Success By The…”
A Human Error
I make mistakes. We all do. Mistakes are a part of our life we can’t get rid of. What I learned through life is how common mistakes are. You’ll find mistakes in virtually every book, every article, every city infrastructure, every work of art. Imperfection is all but a given. However, it feels like weContinue reading “A Human Error”
Let It Go, Let It Go
When I pick up a challenge, I have a strong drive to push through. The longer I go at it, the less likely I am to want to quit. It’s not an uncommon phenomenon. In fact, it has a name. The sunk cost fallacy means the more you invest, the more committed you are toContinue reading “Let It Go, Let It Go”
The Punch Card Is A Lie
What are my goals in life? When I’m stuck in the day to day routine, it’s easy to lose sight of my target. How close am I to hitting my target? Am I progressing in the right direction? How can I tell? More importantly, am I measuring the right thing? Knowing what to measure isContinue reading “The Punch Card Is A Lie”
Not Now, Email
Procrastination is vastly different from owning your time. Not every task can (or should) be done straight away. When an email comes in, it tries to bite into my time. Some emails are real time sinks. Those lead into forms or tasks I would have to perform to address them. If I actioned them allContinue reading “Not Now, Email”
Optimising My Life 