Here we are, How many weeks in? Nine? Ten? When I started this daily blog, I knew I would face this question at one point, and the question is: “When do you pull the plug?”. I don’t mean literally when, I mean what would be the thing that would tell...
Sounded good on paper” – he said. Which was even odder to say, as in that situation, the paper would be soaking in water, and the ink running. This is a somewhat embarrassing story about my seamanship. It happened a couple of years ago. At the time, we...
There is this song by Joan Manuel Serrat, the Catalonian singer/songwriter. While his musical style wasn’t ever my favorite, I have always been touched by his deep -sometimes jarring- lyrics. The song I am referring to is “Caminante no hay camino”,...
How do you find inspiration? How do feel motivated to get up and pursue the goal? How about aspiring for a better goal? The espresso machine commercial that came up today on the feed echoes this “coffee so good you’ll turn into a morning person”. If...
I wrote about this some time ago, but I believe it is worth a repost. Some of you may dislike any manual labor, I understand, but bear with me. I remember how my dear friend Victor once embarked in painting his parent’s house. “It is the one job I have...
A lot has been said and written about this one. Solution-selling was also in-vogue about a decade ago. At the time, it meant selling working systems instead of their individual parts (or at least this is how I remember it). This came with the uptake of professional...
