How I see the worldHow I see the world

A message to terrorists

hotrao — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:28:10 +0000

To the bastards that have destroyed a school in Italy: We will have no mercy for you all. You are only bloody cowards, criminals and not deserving to live.

We, the civil people, the all state of Italy, will pursuit you in any way to revenge the poor people you killed.

You can be sure that sooner or later you will suffer more than you ever thought.

For the little girl died, a tender R.I.P.

Work

hotrao — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:43 +0000

We work to become, not to acquire.

Elbert Hubbard

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Promises

hotrao — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:56 +0000

We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.

Anonymous

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When you are promising something, always be realistic if you can make it or not.

This applies to everything and also to your team.

There’s no worst way to loose people than not maintaining promises.

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Problems

hotrao — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:00:09 +0000

We as managers face problems from outside forces which we consider punitive. often we have brought them on ourselves by our failure to be concerned…

J. Keith Louden

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Praise

hotrao — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:59 +0000

To refuse praise is to seek praise twice.

Anonymous

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If you deserved that praise take it, if not gently send it back.

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Demand

hotrao — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:21 +0000

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities…

Goethe

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A source for talks

hotrao — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:42:34 +0000

When trying to find inspiration, there are some things that work better and other that don’t. In first category belong speeches that

All of us remember the power of the famous “stay hungry, stay foolish” from Steve Jobs.

TED is for sure one of the places to look into.

Now open culture gives relevance to an initiative to put in a single spreadsheet the most relevant ted talks.

What to not complain about

hotrao — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:08:59 +0000

Amber Mac at Fast company wrote an article on three thing professional women complain about.

Amber says: “[...]

Our financial expectations: Ever since women entered the workforce en masse, there have been reports revealing that we make less on average than our male counterparts.[...]
Our physical appearance: [...] I have heard women apologize countless times if they’re not looking runway-ready at work, due to everything from pulling all-nighters to get a job done or battling sleep deprivation due to taking care of a sick child. [...]
Our professional accomplishments [...]“

In general I think that neither women nor man should complain for this points.

It’s a matter of “ethical” approach to work: money and career is due and should be proportional to the quality of work done. Not always goes like this, but is where we should aim.

This post also as a comment here. feel free to discuss here or at our forum.

Talent

hotrao — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:00:43 +0000

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent…

H. F. Amiel

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Recognizing talent is one difficult thing. You should take all the time needed to assess if what you got there is normality or talent.

And when you identify it, it’s still not done: you should start a path to reinforce and retain that talent.

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Critics

hotrao — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:05:31 +0000

To criticize the incompetent is easy; it is more difficult to criticize the competent.

Anonymous

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I don’t think criticizing is something good, though I’m convinced that if you want to criticize, take your time to collect arguments and prepare for the debate.

This because one single critic is something that doesn’t bring you anywhere; so if you decide to go for this way you better be prepared.

And of course you also have to be careful not to point toward someone that is more competent than you are, because the border between criticizing and being criticized is quite thin.

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