Every relationship/organisation has a purpose Whether it’s building a rocket to space — or a 5 minute chat. Every relationship realises that purpose in accordance to certain rules: explicit or implicit For the relationship/organisation to realize those goals effectively there must be the division of responsibilities Thus you are responsible for “A” and “B” — …
To Judge or Not To Judge
Update 2024.05.26: I have since written a more pragmatic take on the subject: To Judge or Not To Judge (#2) There’s observing And then there’s judging and comparing and labelling Indeed you must judge. Judge those you work with. Judge who to trust. Judge the potential dangers. Indeed you must compare. This is …
Humour Is Fitness
Humour is fitness There is no stupid humour There is no stupid humour There are only stupid men Like there are unfit men And fit men And intelligent men And adept men And fertile men (Fit men and fit women and intelligent men and intelligent women and adept men and adept women and fertile …
You Mismanage You
Your hopes about you cause you to misperceive, misjudge yourself When you don’t understand you — you don’t know how to deal with you; You don’t know how to manage you; Therefore you mismanage you; You don’t capitalise on your strengths — because you’re too busy making up for your weaknesses …
The Time Manifesto
THE GOAL: The goal is to LIVE RIGHT NOW. The goal is to LIVE CONSCIOUSLY right now. This is the foundation. Tomorrow you die. Today you live. But what does it exactly suggest about how we should live? To be conscious is to be conscious of the characteristics, details, attributes… One such characteristic of …
The PRAGMATIC
“PRAGMATIC” gets bad reputation Some think it’s too cold, too practical, too calculated, too sterile, Some think it’s not creative, not imaginative, not interesting Nonsense When you want to be creative — you’re creative When you want to be fanciful — you’re fanciful When you want to have fun — you have fun When …
If Life Doesn’t Humble You…
If life doesn’t humble you then you’re not challenging yourself How does one grow prideful, arrogant? By thinking he’s doing (so) well When does one think he’s doing well? Usually one thinks he’s doing well AFTER he DID DO WELL, with something And this sense of “doing well”, sense of contentment about oneself, it …
The NORMAL and ABNORMAL
-There’s normal and abnormal -Then there’s a spectrum from bad to good, low to high -Then there’s “good abnormal” and “bad abnormal” -In any matter: the “normal” lies somewhere on the bad-good spectrum (low-high spectrum): and the “good abnormal” is above the normal, and the “bad abnormal” is below the normal In any matter …
To Not Be a Hater Is Already To Be Ahead
To not be a hater is already to get ahead. To not be a critic is already to get ahead. To not be a sceptic is already to get ahead. Sceptics, at best, see flaws but don’t see solutions. They may be right about the visible flaws but they have no clue about the …
You Will Waste Your Potential
You will waste your potential. You will waste your potential and you won’t even realize it — until it’s too late Do you know why you will waste your potential? Because your potential is INFINITE. Alas your time is finite. You can’t have it all And chances are you can’t even have a …