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Learning how to learn

Here’s a story about the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. A few summers ago, I was spending some days with my family at the beach. One morning, I went to the balcony and found certain relative of mine, not very intelligent, who was (more…)

The Bechdel test

Gender is one of those issues that has been so shitted that it is difficult to know how to tackle. I came the other day across this test for films, which makes for a great start. (more…)

Considerations on the dump

I try to be optimistic, I really do, but obviously, being interdependent as humans are, one cannot pretend to be almighty and fully detach oneself from (more…)

More about being absolutely positive

Don’t you even think for a moment that I have given up my practice of writing down the successes of the day. In fact, it gets (more…)

Why we need assholes

One of the parts of the Getting Things Done methodology that I found most difficult to apply at first was writing down “purposes and principles” for each project (more…)

A reader is not a steamroller

Yes, we read a lot more than before. But is it quality reading? The spirit of each age modifies our habits and perceptions, and (more…)

A new way of being positive

The other day I was having a walk in the street when I started to experience very disgusting feelings. During the previous couple of days or so, I had been able to calm down those negative feelings by (more…)

Hold that curse (but don’t forget it)!

Bud Hennekes recently posted about his intention to eliminate curses from his vocabulary, for which he has announced that he will hold a “30 day trial” and invites other people to join him.

I didn’t exactly get if such trial intends (more…)

Ask and thou will have: creating a vision board

In these days I am engaged with the passionate task of drawing some detailed vision boards. Some subtle but very relevant effects have appeared already (more…)

Twelve sentences to change other people’s “polarity”

Here is a series of sentences used to cope with negative stances, by taking them to a different level. Maybe for some of you they are very basic (all of them are a must in areas like conflict solving, and probably others like sales techniques)… but I think (more…)