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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Going home from home

    I’ve known a man who said he doesn’t believe in owning a house. That he’s okay with renting a place for years and years, but he can leave whenever he wants — no commitment. But now that it was time to leave, to move on to a new place after years and years of building Read more

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  • Thanks for reading

    It doesn’t matter how fast you type out a document if nobody reads it. Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More by Morten T. Hansen I started somewhere, and for this blog, I started here. And over time, people stumble across this blog despite the vastness of the web because Read more

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  • The support people

    If you are working with a group of people, you’d surely never miss the support people. They are the dependable ones, and they get the job done. They are actually capable of leading others like you do. But at the same time, they also enjoy working on the sidelines, supporting you. And you become your Read more

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  • How not to get things done

    Works every time, doesn’t it? Read more

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  • Watching comedy from the recommendations list

    It’s fun because the algorithm seems to know your taste. Sure, it learns as you go. But at the same time, as it gets better, the more you’re sucked into a never-ending recommendations list. And dopamine hits are so attractive that you just want to laugh and laugh after one comical skit, then another, letting Read more

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  • Accountability

    It’s easy to tell people how they should be accountable. But does telling them would guarantee you a response? Perhaps not. Because accountability is values-driven. If they see accountability as a sign that they are trustworthy, you don’t have to push somebody to become accountable. They will do it without much nudging from your end. Read more

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  • Everybody has a role

    Despite our difference, it might be surprising to find how everybody fits in a role that keeps an organization alive. Unless that person is totally useless, that person would’ve been kicked out long ago (okay, this doesn’t count those that should have been kicked out but weren’t due to systems in place). But as long Read more

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Everyday Stories, Lived

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