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Over-Dreaming

March 8, 2010

The other day I read this quote by Will Smith:
Being realistic is the fastest way to mediocrity.
Sorry Will, but I disagree.
Realism has bad press, but it’s the best mindset to get things done.
We love to repeat over and over about how you need to stick to your dreams, about how you can accomplish anything you [...]

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5 Jobs We Should All Try

January 25, 2010

Today I guest post at The Optimalists,  a blog run by Gianpaolo Pietri.
You can subscribe to The Optimalists here.
Gianpaolo reached out to me a while ago to write a guest post for him, and because of the topic freedom that he gave me, it was a pleasure to do it. Thank you Gianpaolo.
Do read my [...]

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Collaboration 3.0

January 12, 2010

On his post titled “Making The Modern Medici”, Colin Wright talks about the Medici family, people who because of their power and influence were able to help and support artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others. These brilliant artists were able to focus on their creations because of the aid and support of [...]

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Talent Shaping

December 1, 2009

There is no natural talent in sand.
No gift, no DNA, no heritage.
Hard work and obsession are the difference makers.
We all have sand, you just have to decide how to shape it.

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Ignore Reality

November 11, 2009

Our culture is seeing an explosion of social studies in the work environment, mainly focused on our irrationality and incapability to see the best logical response. We have been victims of our mind’s flaws since the beginning of time, but we are now fascinated to point out to everyone just how “crazy” we are.
Studies prove [...]

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Love The Take Off, Not The Flight

November 5, 2009

When you get involved in social media, you see a lot of articles that you “must read”, concepts you “must know”, and things you “must do.”
And they are pretty much true. If you want to compete, you need to know what everyone knows.
It takes effort to take off, that’s when planes spend most fuel.
But once [...]

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Educated And Boring

October 27, 2009

There are requirements to compete in today’s world, at least professionally speaking.
Although these requirements change depending on your country, age, status, they’ve always existed.
Your blood, heritage, religious beliefs and political party were (and still are in some places) some requisites of previous times.
Today’s requisites include: school, college, grad school, and a job. If you don’t [...]

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