Ten years and we’re still suffering for the wound suffered.
RIP.
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Thanking
Saying thank you is something to learn, this was the old motto that at least once in your life you’ve heard from your parents.
The problem is that too often in working life, “Thanking” becomes excessive and looses the original function of giving praise to someone for something given.
My colleagues too often say thank you for really not meaningful (and sometimes stupid things). An example? You call someone for something You need and he thanks you!
I believe a lot in give and receive praise and giving rewards to people.
I also believe in good behaviour.
But most of all I believe in being sincere.
So, learn to say thanks when really makes sense and is deserved and you will get more leadership on people and respect from them.
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
Yesterday Steve Jobs, one of the most influential persons of all times in tech resigned from Apple.
Many sites have launched the news and the question of what will be the future of Apple (and technology) without this guru (among them Matthew Humphries at geek.com, Tim Stevens at Engadget.com, Michael Trei at Dvice.com, Ken Mingis at Computerworld , Geeks are sexy.net, Betanews.com).
As I wrote many times, first of all the first sign of respect should be towards Steve Jobs’ health and privacy. From now own there will be no reasons to continue invading is life.
On a operational and leadership POV, Steve leaves a company solid and well ahead of other players (a study from this days says that Apple has leadership on tablet market at least for another 2 years).
This means Apple managers will have enough time to strengthen their position.
On a financial POV Apple can rely on the first (or second depends on times) value in stock market with over 320bln USD.
Overall I’m confident that Apple will continue in its market leadership and envisioning new ideas, despite the absence of Steve Jobs.
This post also at geek.com , at Engadget.com, at Dvice.com, at Computerworld , Betanews
Being creative
I came through a post, don’t remember where it comes from, stating 33 rules to be creative.
Despite the fact I’m convinced that apply rules to creativity is something that makes little sense and so I interpret this as a provocation.
I accept the provocation and interpret this list as a list for opening your (and mine) mind.
I tried to add my thoughts.
- Make lists: used this for topics that come in my mind and need further thinking before becoming articles. I put them in Evernote and when I read them back I start going deeper.
- Carry a notebook: either paper or digital, ideas and thought come in any moment, so you have to be sure to catch them
- Try free writing: or any other form of thought
- Get away from computer: My first boss said: when you have to imagine something, just get away form your PC, because if you are there you do while thinking, if you don’t have a PC, you think and then you do
- Be otherwordly
- Quit beating yourself up: have no fear of your thoughts
- Take breaks: sometimes they help you having a different perspective
- Sing in the shower: because helps in stimulating your brain
- Drink coffee or tea: help your brain get the right pace
- Know your roots: because give you inspiration of were do you come from
- Listen to knew music: stimulates your brain in going over known things
- Be open: but don’t force yourself. Is better to experience when you are ready then force yourself
- Surround yourself with (creative) people: I added the brackets, because I think that either creative or not creative people, if you stay within them you get some bits from everybody that enhance you ad as a being and open your mind a step at a time
- Get feedback: because perspective counts
- Collaborate: Team enhances single persons experience
- Don’t give up: because the balance is made at the very end
- Practice: because talents need to be cultivated
- Allow yourself to make mistakes: because errors are better if made but not repeated
- Go somewhere new: because knowing places gives you an holistic approach
- Watch foreign films: because knowing cultures is the basis to open your mind
- Count your blessing
- Get lot of rest: but remember to work hard
- Take risks: because risks are not only spices to your life, but can speed things up
- Break the rules: ….sometimes, but consider following them the rest of the time
- Do more of what makes you happy
- Don’t force it
- Read page of the dictionary: because gives you a set of words to tingle your brain
- Create a framework: because frameworks helps in trapping your ideas
- Stop trying to be someone’s else perfect: because you need to perfect on your basis
- Write ideas
- Clean your space: because being creative doesn’t mean making disorder
- Have fun
- Finish something
Balancing quality and quantity
Of course You have to be clear on the definition of genius: if You mean as a genius someone with a IQ over the average, IMHO You can work hard, but is a talent that either You have or You don’t.
But if You move for a moment to a more significant definition of someone standing out of the crowd, then working hard producing lot of work,in part of good quality.
This gives the perception to others of someone delivering on an average more quality than others.
And most of all is something You can control.
Do not wait to deliver the” mother of all deliveries”; instead try to have some high quality rushes in a lot of quantity. And recognition is behind the corner.
Vicious cycles in bad relationships
When You meet a person with whom You have a bad feeling, You can be lucky or unlucky.
If You are lucky You won’t have to deal with a dominant person, otherwise You should carefully choose your strategy in order to manage this relationship.
The most probable thing is that being adverse to a dominant person, will bring to an empowerment of this person and reinforce his dominance.
That is because adversing a dominant person, starts an empowering circle with this person and legitimates (either in a clear or a masked way) this specific behavior.
This of course does not mean being prevaricated each time, but more addressing your efforts to neutralize the behavior.
IMHO there’s no rule of thumb for this, because each situation is different, but sometimes, when the situation is recognized in this pattern, You can try to avoid a direct adversing and try a longer path to obtain same result.
Daily Mumble: Nuclear fear
Is not easy to carry on on a choice such as the one to keep on investing in nuclear when you fear the consequences of what is happening in Japan.
But governors should remain calm and not be dominated by feelings and moods.
I think we all should remain in the nuclear and keep on investing until we are not able to find renewable energies and make the existing one more safe.
Daily Mumble: No thoughts paradox
In this moment I’m feeling like I’m having no thoughts at all. But at same time I realize I’m thinking.
Great paradox. 
Daily Mumble: Japan earthquake
To those being affected by the terrible earthquake in Japan, my condolences.
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