Or not only. It greatly depicts how organizations get crushed by incentives from management / politicians who have different goals than the organization. A politician does not want to fight crime, he wants to win elections. Wiretapping a drug dealer… Read More »Wired is not a police show
When people finally overcome the fear of starting with something (exercising, learning, changing a job, finding a partner or anything else) another mistake they usually make is sticking to a plan that does not work. You wanted to run every… Read More »Adjusting your plan to your actual goals
If you do not know how to start or how to move forward, pick a methodology and follow it. Does not have to be the best methodology. It will just give you clear steps to take. If it doesn’t work,… Read More »If you are stuck, use a methodology
I have heard a lot of people say, that when they see a statement like “Work in high stress environment” or “Working under pressure” in a job description, they automatically skip the position. The reasoning usually is, that if there… Read More »“Work in high stress environment”
It is easy to criticize others. It is much harder to improve what you can actually influence. If you do not like something, explain it to the people in charge of it and get back to your responsibilities. Don’t waste… Read More »Focus on what you can do
People often get stuck with perfectionism. Or even more often, they want to do a good job, do it 100 percent or as best as possible. Usually, you really need just good enough. But what is good enough? Good enough… Read More »What is good enough?
There are people without legs living in a poorest environment who are happy. And there are healthy rich people who are depressed. Mostly it comes down to expectations. If you expect more from life than you have, you will not… Read More »The Power of Expectations
I have set an OKR for this quarter to provide feedback to my direct reports on a weekly basis. At first, I was a bit uncomfortable, but now it is a part of our 1:1s and I always try to… Read More »Weekly and Quarterly Feedback
Sometimes we want to give people we talk to a benefit of the doubt. We do not want to dumb down our content or say (for us) obvious stuff out loud. This usually backfires. People are more prone to stop… Read More »Harms of a Benefit of the Doubt
I have some experience with medical system in Slovakia over past few years and in general, people are nice and helpful, you get help and solid diagnosis and prognosis. However, there is one thing, that really annoys me and it… Read More »Burned Out Doctors